Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Suffereth long - under provocations of evil from others. The negative side of love. Is kind - the positive; good to others. Compare the future of the "wisdom from above" (James 3:17).
Envieth The Greek х zeeloi (G2206)] includes jealousy. It is the same as 1 Corinthians 12:31, "covet earnestly."
Vaunteth not - ostentatiously, even of gifts which it really possesses х perpereuetai (G4068): from Latin perperam: whereas alazoneuein (G213) is to boast of gifts which one does not really posses (Romans 1:30)]: a rebuke of those at Corinth who used the tongues for mere display.
Not puffed up - with party zeal, as some at Corinth were (1 Corinthians 4:6).