1 Corinthians 13:5
Acteth not unbecomingly, seeketh not her own things, is not easily provoked, imputeth not that which is base,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 patient, is gracious. Love, is not envious, vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
6Rejoiceth not over unrighteousness, but rejoiceth in sympathy with truth,—
Cross References
Numbers 12:3Now, the man Moses, was patient, exceedingly,—above all the sons of earth, who were on the face of the ground.
Numbers 20:10And Moses and Aaron gathered together the convocation before the cliff,—and he said unto them: Hear I pray you ye rebels! Out of this cliff, must we bring forth for you water?
2 Samuel 10:3Then said the rulers of the sons of Ammon unto Hanun their lord—Is David honouring thy father, in thine eyes, that he hath sent unto thee comforters? Is it not, for the sake of exploring the city, and spying it out, and overthrowing it, that David hath sent his servants unto thee?
Psalms 106:32And they provoked by the waters of Meribah,—And it fared ill with Moses, for their sakes;
Isaiah 3:5And the people will, tyrannise, Every man over his fellow-man, And every man over his friend,—And they will rage The boy against, the elder, And the despised, against, the honourable,
Jeremiah 18:18Then said they,—Come ye and let us devise against Jeremiah devices, For the law shall not perish from the priest, Nor, counsel, from the wise, Nor, the word from the prophet: Come and let as smite him with the tongue, And let us not give ear to any of 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 →