1 Corinthians 13:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

1 Corinthians 13:6 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 12:9
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
3 John 1:3-4
For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. …
2 John 1:4
I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
Romans 1:32
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.
2 Thessalonians 2:12
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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. 6)

6. rejoiceth in the truth--rather, “rejoiceth with the truth.” Exults not at the perpetration of iniquity (unrighteousness) by others (compare Ge 9:22, 23), but rejoices when the truth rejoices; sympathizes with it in its triumphs (2Jo 4). See the opposite (2Ti 3:8), “Resist the truth.” So “the truth” and “unrighteousness” are contrasted (Ro 2:8). “The truth” is the Gospel truth, the inseparable a…