Friday, August 7, 2009

Characteristics of Charity

Charity = God's love lived out among us

Charity:
  • Suffereth long
  • Is kind
  • Envieth not
  • Vaunteth not itself (vaunt = to speak boastfully; brag)
  • Is not puffed up (puffed up = feeling self-important; arrogant; pompous)
  • Doth not behave itself unseemly (unseemly = unbecoming or indecorous in appearance, speech, conduct, etc.; inappropriate)
  • Seeketh not her own
  • Is not easily provoked (provoked = incited to anger, resentment or exasperation)
  • Thinketh no evil
  • Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth (iniquity = gross immorality or injustice; wickedness, sin)
  • Beareth all things
  • Believeth all things
  • Hopeth all things
  • Endureth all things.
Charity never faileth ...
--I Corinthians 13:4-8