1 Corinthians 13:7 (YLT)

Passage

all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 13:5 doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

1 Corinthians 13:6 rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth;

1 Corinthians 13:7 all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

1 Corinthians 13:8 The love doth never fail; and whether <FI>there be<Fi> prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless;

1 Corinthians 13:9 for in part we know, and in part we prophecy;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "believeth", "beareth", "hopeth", and "endureth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "believeth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness and rejoiceth..." into verse 8's "The love doth never fail and whether...", so "all things" and "believeth" 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 "believeth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.