Passage
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:7 (DBY)
Nearby Context
1 Corinthians 13:5 does not behave in an unseemly manner, does not seek what is its own, is not quickly provoked, does not impute evil,
1 Corinthians 13:6 does not rejoice at iniquity but rejoices with the truth,
1 Corinthians 13:7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:8 Love never fails; but whether prophecies, they shall be done away; or tongues, they shall cease; or knowledge, it shall be done away.
1 Corinthians 13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part:
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "all things", "bears", "believes", "hopes", and "endures". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "bears", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 6's "does not rejoice at iniquity but rejoices..." into verse 8's "Love never fails but whether prophecies they...", so "all things" and "bears" belong inside that flow. In 1 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "all things" and "bears" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.