1 Corinthians 13:6
rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
In Context
5doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;
7beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Cross References
Exodus 18:9And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Jehovah had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.
1 Samuel 23:19Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
Psalms 10:3For the wicked boasteth of his heart`s desire, And the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth Jehovah.
Proverbs 14:9A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.
Jeremiah 13:17But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah`s flock is taken captive.
Hosea 4:8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on 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 →