Browse 16 quotations connecting Paul the Apostle with Kindness, 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 — Romans 12:10, King James Bible — 1 Corinthians 12:25, King James Bible — 1 Corinthians 13:4. 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 — Romans 12:10, King James Bible — 1 Corinthians 12:25, King James Bible — 1 Corinthians 13:4.
“That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.”
The line places human flourishing inside mutual care: strength, resources, attention, or opportunity become responsibilities toward other people.
Source note: 1 Corinthians 12:25 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.
“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.
“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
The verse presents thanksgiving as a continuing spiritual practice rather than something reserved only for circumstances that are easy or pleasant.
Source note: 1 Thessalonians 5:18 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.
“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness.”
The line places human flourishing inside mutual care: strength, resources, attention, or opportunity become responsibilities toward other people.
Source note: Colossians 3:12 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.
“By love serve one another.”
The line places human flourishing inside mutual care: strength, resources, attention, or opportunity become responsibilities toward other people.
Source note: Galatians 5:13 in the King James Version.
“As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men.”
The line places human flourishing inside mutual care: strength, resources, attention, or opportunity become responsibilities toward other people.
Source note: Galatians 6:10 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.”
The line places human flourishing inside mutual care: strength, resources, attention, or opportunity become responsibilities toward other people.
Source note: Romans 12:10 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.
“Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.”
The line places human flourishing inside mutual care: strength, resources, attention, or opportunity become responsibilities toward other people.
Source note: Romans 12:13 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.
“Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.”
The response to wrongdoing should not reproduce the same wrongdoing; goodness becomes a form of resistance rather than passivity.
Source note: Romans 12:21, King James Version.
“We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.”
The line places human flourishing inside mutual care: strength, resources, attention, or opportunity become responsibilities toward other people.
Source note: Romans 15:1 in the King James Version.