1 Corinthians 13:6
Charity does not rejoice over iniquity, but rejoices in truth.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
In Context
5Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil.
7Charity suffers all, believes all, hopes all, endures all.
Cross References
Exodus 18:9And Jethro was gladdened over all the good that the Lord had done for Israel, because he had rescued them from the hand of the Egyptians.
1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites ascended to Saul at Gibeah, saying: “Behold, is not David hidden with us in very secure places in the woods on the hill of Hachilah, which is to the right of the desert?
Psalms 10:3For behold, the sinners have bent their bow. They have prepared their arrows in the quiver, so as to shoot arrows in the dark at the upright of heart.
Proverbs 14:9The foolish will speak mockingly of sin. But grace lingers among the just.
Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not listen to this, then my soul will weep in secret before the face of your pride. It will weep bitterly, and my eyes will flow with tears, because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive.
Hosea 4:8They will devour the sins of my people, and they will lift up their souls towards their iniquity.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 13:5-8
Charity Described. ( a. d. 57.) 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. The apostle gives us in these verses some of the properties and effects of charity, both to describe and commend it, that we may know whether… Read the whole commentary →