And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. {shall: or, will}

Charity suffereth long, {and} is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, {vaunteth...: or, is not rash}

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. {on: or, to}

And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all {men}, apt to teach, patient, {patient: or, forbearing}

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

If others be partakers of {this} power over you, {are} not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.

Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love {is} strong as death; jealousy {is} cruel as the grave: the coals thereof {are} coals of fire, {which hath a} most vehement flame. {cruel: Heb. hard}

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. {make...; or, fulfil}

Blessed {is} the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.

So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of {them} all the Lord delivered me.

And ye shall be hated of all {men} for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him {but} a few days, for the love he had to her.

And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped {them} with the hairs of her head.

And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that {way}.

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. {maintain: Heb. prove, or, argue}

What is my reward then? {Verily} that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

I robbed other churches, taking wages {of them}, to do you service.

And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that {Jesus} sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,

Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him {but} a few days, for the love he had to her.

And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. {I have...: or, ye have me in your heart} {of my...: or, with me of grace}

By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David {rather} sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? {Thinkest...: Heb. In thine eyes doth David}

Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

For he found her in the field, {and} the betrothed damsel cried, and {there was} none to save her.