6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
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Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. …
I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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…
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