1 Corinthians 13:6
does not rejoice at iniquity but rejoices with the truth,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
In Context
7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Cross References
Exodus 18:9And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness that Jehovah had done to Israel; that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.
1 Samuel 23:19And the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the wood, on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the waste?
Psalms 10:3For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.
Proverbs 14:9Fools make a mock at trespass; but for the upright there is favour.
Jeremiah 13:17And if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock is gone into captivity.
Hosea 4:8They eat the sin of my people, and their soul longeth for 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 →