It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
7. Beareth all things, etc. By all these statements he intimates, that love is neither impatient nor spiteful. For to bear and endure all things is the part of forbearance to believe and hope all things is the part of candor and kindness. As we are naturally too much devoted to self, this vice renders us morose and peevish.
Love bears evil and provocation without resentment or revenge, and it is kind, bountiful and courteous, seeking opportunities to do good. Where it reigns, a man will not envy his neighbor's gifts or estate but rejoice in them as if they were his own gain.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Charity never faileth,.... It may fail as to the exercise of it, as other graces do; it may be left, but not lost; the fervour of it may be remitted and abated; it may wax cold through the prevalence of sin; it may be greatly damped by the growth of error and heresy, which eat as do a canker; and may be much obstructed by...