Browse 15 quotations connecting Paul the Apostle with Friendship, with meanings, source notes and related themes.
Each quotation is included because its central idea connects with this theme, not simply because one matching word appears in the sentence.
Sources represented here include King James Bible — 1 Corinthians 13:13, King James Bible — 1 Corinthians 13:4, King James Bible — 1 Corinthians 13:8. Keeping the work and source note beside each quotation makes differences in setting, speaker and emphasis easier to see.
Sources represented here include King James Bible — 1 Corinthians 13:13, King James Bible — 1 Corinthians 13:4, King James Bible — 1 Corinthians 13:8.
“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.”
Faith and hope remain important, but the chapter concludes by placing love above them as the greatest continuing virtue.
Source note: 1 Corinthians 13:13 in the King James Version.
“Charity suffereth long, and is kind.”
Love is defined partly through patience and kindness, shifting the idea from emotion alone toward repeated behavior under strain.
Source note: 1 Corinthians 13:4 in the King James Version; this is the opening clause of the verse.
“Charity never faileth.”
The brief statement gives enduring love priority over gifts and achievements that are temporary within the chapter’s larger argument.
Source note: 1 Corinthians 13:8 in the King James Version; “charity” is the KJV rendering in this passage.
“Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another.”
Healthy community includes both consolation and constructive encouragement: people help each other endure and grow.
Source note: 1 Thessalonians 5:11 in the King James Version.
“Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble.”
Received comfort becomes a responsibility toward others, turning personal experience of difficulty into practical empathy and support.
Source note: 2 Corinthians 1:4 in the King James Version; the clause is excerpted before the verse repeats the source of comfort.
“To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also.”
Paul makes forgiveness reciprocal and communal, showing that restoration can require people to align their response rather than preserve separate grievances.
Source note: 2 Corinthians 2:10, King James Version; Paul continues instructions about forgiving and receiving a person who had caused sorrow.
“And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth.”
Human difference is placed inside a shared human origin, supporting a broad view of common dignity and belonging.
Source note: Acts 17:26 in the King James Version; opening clause.
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another.”
The instruction places forgiveness beside forbearance: relationships often require both pardon after wrong and patience with ordinary human friction.
Source note: Colossians 3:13 in the King James Version; excerpt from the verse.
“Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.”
The verse connects truthful speech with mutual dependence: honesty matters because people live in relationship rather than as isolated individuals.
Source note: Ephesians 4:25 in the King James Version.
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another.”
Forgiveness is placed beside kindness and tenderheartedness, suggesting that pardon is not only the cancellation of a grievance but part of an ongoing way of treating people.
Source note: Ephesians 4:32 in the King James Version; excerpt from the verse before its comparison with divine forgiveness.
“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”
The instruction moves humility into relationships by asking people to resist rivalry and deliberately give weight to the interests and dignity of others.
Source note: Philippians 2:3 in the King James Version.
“Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.”
Attention to other people’s interests expands life beyond self-concern and makes cooperation and care possible.
Source note: Philippians 2:4 in the King James Version.
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another.”
Affection is joined with honor: care for others includes deliberately giving them regard rather than competing for status.
Source note: Romans 12:10 in the King James Version.
“Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.”
Friendship and community require emotional presence in both directions, sharing another person’s joy as well as sorrow.
Source note: Romans 12:15 in the King James Version.
“Avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath.”
The instruction interrupts retaliation by asking people not to make personal revenge their response to injury, creating room for restraint and release.
Source note: Romans 12:19, King James Version; Paul tells readers not to avenge themselves within a larger sequence about responding to enemies and evil.