1 Corinthians 13:5
Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil;
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
In Context
4Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up;
6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth;
Cross References
Numbers 12:3(For Moses was a man exceeding meek above all men that dwelt upon earth)
Numbers 20:10And having gathered together the multitude before the rock, he said to them: Hear, ye rebellious and incredulous: Can we bring you forth water out of this rock?
2 Samuel 10:3The princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanon their lord: Thinkest thou that for the honour of thy father, David hath sent comforters to thee, and hath not David rather sent his servants to thee to search, and spy into the city, and overthrow it?
Psalms 106:32They provoked him also at the waters of contradiction: and Moses was afflicted for their sakes:
Isaiah 3:5And the people shall rush one upon another, and every man against his neighbour: the child shall make it tumult against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
Jeremiah 18:18And they said: Come, and let us invent devices against Jeremias: for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us give no heed to all his words.
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 →