Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Ver. 4. And is kind] χρηστευεται, or, is easy to be made use of, ready to any good office. Charity is no churl.
Vaunteth not itself] With the scorn of others. Arrianus saith, that he is περπερος, that blameth others and is restless in himself. Such a one was Timon of old and Laurentius Valla of late.
Is not puffed up] Hence charity is portrayed as a naked child with a merry countenance, covered in a cloud, with a bloody heart in the right hand, giving honey to a bee without wings.