1 Corinthians 13:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Beareth all things. The same Greek as in 1 Corinthians 9:12. It endures without divulging to the world its distress. Literally holding fast, like a water-tight vessel: the charitable man contains himself from giving vent to what selfishness would prompt under personal hardship.

Believeth all things - all that is not palpably false, all that it can with a good conscience believe to the credit of another. Compare James 3:17, Greek, 'easily persuaded.'

Hopeth - what is good of another, even when others have ceased to hope.

Endureth - persecutions in a patient and loving spirit.

1 Corinthians 13:7

7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.