1 Corinthians 13:6
Rejoiceth not over unrighteousness, but rejoiceth in sympathy with truth,—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
In Context
7All things, covereth, all things, believeth, all things, hopeth, all things, endureth.
Cross References
Exodus 18:9Then did Jethro rejoice, for all the good which Yahweh had done to Israel,—whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
1 Samuel 23:19Then came up the Ziphites unto Saul in Gibeah, saying,—Is not David hiding himself with us, in the strongholds in the thicket, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right of Jeshimon?
Psalms 10:3For the lawless one hath boasted over the longing of his soul, and, the robber, hath blasphemed Yahweh.
Proverbs 14:9the foolish, scoff at guilt, but, between the upright, is good pleasure.
Jeremiah 13:17But if ye will not hear it, In secret places, shall my soul weep Because of the pride, And mine eye, shall flow over, and run down with tears, Because captive hath been taken the flock of Yahweh.
Hosea 4:8The sin of my people, they do eat,—and. unto their iniquity, lift they up every man his desire.
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 →