Sometimes it sounds more wooden in English. The opposite tendency in translation is to take some liberties in literalness and try to make it sound like our English. Eugene Peterson is the translator of The Message . That is not literally in the Greek, but is a nice translation of boastful. Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn t want what it doesn t have. Love doesn t strut. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. A final example is the Amplified Bible which likes to list many possible translations of the same word. It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.