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1 Corinthians 13:4-7 · WEB
4Love is patient and is kind; love doesn`t envy. Love doesn`t brag, is not proud,
5doesn`t behave itself inappropriately, doesn`t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
6doesn`t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
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