1 Corinthians 13:5

love is never self-seeking, never provoked, never reckons up her wrongs;

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In The King James Version

Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

In Context

4Love is long-suffering, and kind; love is never envious, never boastful, never conceited, never behaves unbecomingly;

6love never rejoices at evil, but rejoices in the triumph of truth;

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Cross References

Psalms 106:32They angered him at the waters of Meribah, through them it went ill with Moses.

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 →

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