1Cor 13:5-6 | RWP | e4.org | Doth not behave itself unseemly ( ουκ ασχημονε ). Old verb from ασχημων ( ). In N.T. only here and . Not indecent. Seeketh not its own ( ου ζητε τα εαυτης ). Its own interests ( , ). Is not provoked ( ου παροξυνετα ). Old word. In N.T. only here and which see. Irritation or sharpness of spirit. And yet Paul felt it in Athens (exasperation) and he and Barnabas had παροξυσμος (paroxysm) in Antioch ( ). See good sense of παροξυσμος in . Taketh not account of evil ( ου λογιζετα το κακον ). Old verb from λογος , to count up, to take account of as in a ledger or note-book, "the evil" ( το κακον ) done to love with a view to settling the account.

‏ 1 Corinthians 13:5-6

Doth not behave itself unseemly ( ουκ ασχημονε ). Old verb from ασχημων (12:23). In N.T. only here and 7:36. Not indecent.

Seeketh not its own ( ου ζητε τα εαυτης ). Its own interests (10:24, 33).

Is not provoked ( ου παροξυνετα ). Old word. In N.T. only here and Ac 17:16 which see. Irritation or sharpness of spirit. And yet Paul felt it in Athens (exasperation) and he and Barnabas had παροξυσμος (paroxysm) in Antioch (15:39). See good sense of παροξυσμος in Heb 10:24.

Taketh not account of evil ( ου λογιζετα το κακον ). Old verb from λογος, to count up, to take account of as in a ledger or note-book, "the evil" ( το κακον ) done to love with a view to settling the account.

Rejoiceth not in unrighteousness ( ου χαιρε ). See Ro 1:32 for this depth of degradation. There are people as low as that whose real joy is in the triumph of evil.

But rejoiceth with the truth ( συνχαιρε δε τη αληθεια ). Associative instrumental case after συν- in composition. Truth personified as opposed to unrighteousness (2Th 2:12; Ro 2:8). Love is on the side of the angels. Paul returns here to the positive side of the picture (verse 4) after the remarkable negatives.