Love Bears, Believes, Hopes and Endures All Things 1 Corinthians 13:7

Paul the apostle told the church members in Corinth that “love”, “rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth”, and in chapter thirteen and verse seven of First Corinthians, Paul shared with the Corinthian church how love, “bears, believes, hopes and endures all things”, where we read:

Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

The verse begins, “Bears all things, believes all things,...”. Paul began with the word, “bears” which means “protects, preserves and covers over with silence” “all things” or “each, every, the whole and everything”, “believes” which means “thinks to be true, is persuaded of, credits and places confidence in” “all things” or “”each, every, the whole and everything”. Paul declared how “love” “protects and preserves and places confidence” in everything.

The verse continues, “... hopes all things, endures all things.” Paul added the word, “hopes” which means “expects, trusts and confides in” “all things” of “each, every, the whole and everything”, “endures” or “perseveres, bears bravely and calmly, abides, takes patiently and suffers” “all things” which means “each, every, the whole and everything”. According to Paul, “love” “expects and perseveres” everything as well.

When we consider these words from Paul, we understand more of the qualities of this “agape” God kind of “love”. God's “love” “protects, preserves and covers over with silence” things that need to be. It “thinks” things to be true or leans toward them being “true” rather than “false”, and it “expects” and “bears bravely and calmly” things that come along in one's life. Jesus Christ exhibited this kind of “love”, and those who are followers of Him have this “love” available to themselves as well. May the Lord Jesus bless us with this “God kind of love”, and may the world acknowledge Him when they see it.

Next time Paul shares with the church members concerning how, “charity never fails”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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