1 Corinthians 13:5
is not rude, nor selfish, nor easily provoked. Love bears no malice, never rejoices over wrong-doing,
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
In Context
4Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love makes no parade, is not puffed up,
6but rejoices when the truth rejoices.
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 →