Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
La charité est patiente, elle est pleine de bonté; la charité n'est point envieuse; la charité ne se vante point, elle ne s'enfle point d'orgueil,
KJV
Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Clemens Romanus (Clement of Rome)
Epistula I ad Corinthios
ἀνεκδιήγητόν I Pet. 4, 5 ἐστιν. ἀγάπη κολλᾷ ἡμᾶς τῷ θεῷ, ἀγάπη καλύπτει πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν, ἀγάπη πάντα I Cor. 13, 4-7 ἀνέχεται, πάντα μακροθυμεῖ: οὐδὲν βάναυσον ἐν ἀγάπῃ, οὐδὲν ὑπερήφανον: ἀγάπη σχίσμα οὐκ ἔχει, ἀγάπη οὐ στασιάζει, ἀγάπη πάντα ποιεῖ ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ: ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ ἐτελειώθ…
Suda
Suidae lexicon
362 καὶ περόναιϲ sq. Eunap. fr. 63, FHG 4, 42 1364 ═ Ambr. 445 1365 κολακεία ═ Ambr. 529 ἡ ἀγάπη sq. 1 Cor. 13, 4 c. explic. cf. Zon. 1544 1354 cf. v. Κ 1402 1361 ὅτι sq. ex v. Α 4447 1362 cf. v, P2 240 1365 ἡ ἀγάπη sq. hinc vv. H 9 at Ο 926 cf. v. 155 1 Περιχάρειαν Pors. περιττὴ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
y others. Now charity alone suffices for the fulfilment of all the works of virtue, as is clear from 1 Cor. 13:4, seqq.: "Charity is patient, is kind," etc. Therefore it seems that if one has charity, other virtues are superfluous. Objection 2: Further, he that has a habit of vir…
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