1 Corinthians 13:7

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

Cross-reference

1 Corinthians 9:18-22 shows Paul becoming all things to all people — a practical outworking of love bearing and enduring all.

Genesis 29:20 shows Jacob's love making seven years of labor feel like days — love bears and hopes through hardship.

Paul's endurance of persecutions exemplifies love's 'endures all things' — a concrete model of steadfast love.

2 Timothy 2:3-10 urges endurance like a soldier and Paul's own suffering for the elect — love endures all for others' sake.

2 Thessalonians 1:4 commends perseverance in persecutions — love endures all things for the faith.

Galatians 6:2 commands bearing one another's burdens, directly implementing the 'bears all things' aspect of love.

2 Corinthians 11:8-12 recounts Paul's sacrificial labor for the Corinthians — love bears all burdens for others.

Romans 15:1 Parallel

Romans 15:1 calls the strong to bear with the weak, a concrete application of love bearing all things in community.

Matthew 10:22 promises salvation to those who endure to the end — love's endurance is tested in persecution.

Song of Solomon 8:7 affirms that many waters cannot quench love, directly paralleling love's endurance and bearing all things.

Proverbs 10:12 says love covers all offenses — a close parallel to love bearing all things in this verse.

Job 13:15 Parallel

Job 13:15 declares hope in God even if He slays — the ultimate expression of love that hopes and endures all.

1 Peter 4:8 Parallel

1 Peter 4:8 says love covers a multitude of sins, a direct parallel to love's bearing all things without exposing faults.

Do not gloat over an enemy's fall — love does not rejoice in wrongdoing, aligning with 'bears all things'.

Love is the first fruit of the Spirit — this provides the broader context for love's attributes.

Bearing with one another in love directly parallels 'bears all things' — a practical command for community.

James 1:12 Parallel

The promise for those who remain steadfast under trial connects to love's endurance — trial tests love.

Hebrews 10:36 urges endurance to receive the promise, echoing love's quality of enduring all things in 1 Cor 13:7.

Revelation 2:3 commends the church's patient endurance for Christ's name, paralleling love's endurance of all things.

Hebrews 11:27 shows Moses' endurance by faith, reflecting the endurance that love embodies in 1 Cor 13:7.

Timothy is told to endure suffering — this mirrors love's endurance, applying it to ministry.

Deuteronomy 1:9 records Moses saying he is unable to bear the people — a human limitation set against love's endurance.

Numbers 11:12-14 has Moses admitting he cannot bear the people alone — contrasting with love that bears all things.