1 Corinthians 13:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

1 Corinthians 13:5 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:24
Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
Philippians 2:3-5
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. …
1 John 3:16-17
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. …
Philippians 2:21
For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.
James 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Topics

Anger Benevolence Bigotry Blessing Brotherly Kindness Censoriousness Charitableness Charity

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 4-7)

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 we have this grace and that if we have not we may fall in love with what is so exceedingly amiable, and not rest till we have obtained it. It is an excellent grace, and has a world of good properties belonging to it. As, I. It is long suffering — makrothymei…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. not ... unseemly--is not uncourteous, or inattentive to civility and propriety. thinketh no evil--imputeth not evil [Alford]; literally, “the evil” which actually is there (Pr 10:12; 1Pe 4:8). Love makes allowances for the falls of others, and is ready to put on them a charitable construction. Love, so far from devising evil against another, excuses “the evil” which another inflicts on her [Est…