1 Corinthians 16 · Verse 14

1 Corinthians 16:14

Let all your things be done with charity.
1 Corinthians 16:14, King James Version

1 Corinthians 16:14 in other translations

BSBDo everything in love.
WEBLet all that you do be done in love.
ASVLet all that ye do be done in love.
YLTlet all your things be done in love.
DARBYLet all things ye do be done in love.
BBELet all you do be done in love.
WebsterLet all your things be done with charity.

What does 1 Corinthians 16:14 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 14. Let all your things, etc. All that you do. This direction is repeated on account of its great importance, and because it is a summing up of all that he has said in this epistle. See 1Cor 13; 1Cor 14:1. Here he says, that charity, or love, was to regulate all that they did. This was a simple rule; and if this was observed, everything would be done well.

(e) "Let all your" 1Pet 4:8 (*) "charity" "love"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Let all your things be done with charity - Let love to God, to man, and to one another, be the motive of all your conduct.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Corinthians 16:13-18

A Christian is always in danger, therefore should ever be on the watch. He should be fixed in the faith of the gospel, and never desert or give it up. By this faith alone he will be able to keep his ground in an hour of temptation. Christians should be careful that charity not only reigns in their hearts, but shines in their lives. There is a great difference between Christian firmness and feverish warmth and…

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1 Corinthians 16:14 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

πάνταpantaAll thingsG3956
ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771
ἐνeninG1722
ἀγάπῃagapēloveG26
γινέσθω.¶ginesthōshould be done.G1096

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Cross references for 1 Corinthians 16:14

  • John 13:34-35

    A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

  • 1 Peter 4:8

    And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

  • 1 Timothy 1:5

    Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

  • 1 John 4:7-8

    Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

  • 1 Corinthians 12:31-14:1

    But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. …

  • John 15:17

    These things I command you, that ye love one another.

  • Romans 13:8-10

    Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

  • Galatians 5:22

    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

  • 2 Peter 1:7

    And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

  • Galatians 5:13-14

    For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

  • 1 Thessalonians 3:12

    And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:9-10

    But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
8:1; 12:31; 13:1-13; 14:1; Joh 13:34,35; 15:17; Ro 13:8-10; 14:15
Ga 5:13,14,22; Eph 4:1-3; Php 2:1-3; 1Th 3:6,12; 4:9,10; 2Th 1:3
1Ti 1:5; Heb 13:4; 1Pe 4:8; 2Pe 1:7; 1Jo 4:7,8

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Context

  • 1 Corinthians 16:13

    Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

  • 1 Corinthians 16:14

    Let all your things be done with charity.

  • 1 Corinthians 16:15

    I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)

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1 Corinthians 16:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Todas vuestras cosas sean hechas con caridad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Que toutes choses parmi vous se fassent dans l’amour.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Alles bei euch geschehe in Liebe.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Omnia vestra in caritate fiant.