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1 Cor. 13:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh noth her own, is not easilyi provoked, thinketh no evil;

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1 Cor. 10:24• ²⁴Let no one seek his own advantage, but that of the other. (1 Cor. 10:24)

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Prov. 14:17• ¹⁷He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly, and a man of mischievous devices is hated. (Prov. 14:17)

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1 Cor. 7:36• ³⁶But if any one think that he behaves unseemly to his virginity, if he be beyond the flower of his age, and so it must be, let him do what he will, he does not sin: let them marry. (1 Cor. 7:36)

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1 Cor. 11:13‑16,18,21‑22• ¹³Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman should pray to God uncovered?
¹⁴Does not even nature itself teach you, that man, if he have long hair, it is a dishonour to him?
¹⁵But woman, if she have long hair, it is glory to her; for the long hair is given to her in lieu of a veil.
¹⁶But if any one think to be contentious, *we* have no such custom, nor the assemblies of God.
¹⁸For first, when ye come together in assembly, I hear there exist divisions among you, and I partly give credit to it.
²¹For each one in eating takes his *own* supper before others, and one is hungry and another drinks to excess.
²²Have ye not then houses for eating and drinking? or do ye despise the assembly of God, and put to shame them who have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this point I do not praise. (1 Cor. 11:13‑16,18,21‑22)

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1 Cor. 14:33‑40• ³³For God is not a God of disorder but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.
³⁴Let your women be silent in the assemblies, for it is not permitted to them to speak; but to be in subjection, as the law also says.
³⁵But if they wish to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in assembly.
³⁶Did the word of God go out from you, or did it come to you only?
³⁷If any one thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him recognise the things that I write to you, that it is the Lord's commandment.
³⁸But if any be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
³⁹So that, brethren, desire to prophesy, and do not forbid the speaking with tongues.
⁴⁰But let all things be done comelily and with order. (1 Cor. 14:33‑40)

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Isa. 3:5• ⁵And the people shall be oppressed one by the other, and each by his neighbour; the child will be insolent against the elder, and the base against the honourable. (Isa. 3:5)

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Phil. 4:8• ⁸For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are noble, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are amiable, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue and if any praise, think on these things. (Phil. 4:8)

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2 Thess. 3:7• ⁷For ye know yourselves how ye ought to imitate us, because we have not walked disorderly among you; (2 Thess. 3:7)

seeketh.

1 Cor. 10:24,33• ²⁴Let no one seek his own advantage, but that of the other.
³³Even as *I* also please all in all things; not seeking my own profit, but that of the many, that they may be saved. (1 Cor. 10:24,33)

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1 Cor. 12:25• ²⁵that there might be no division in the body, but that the members might have the same concern one for another. (1 Cor. 12:25)

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Rom. 14:12‑15• ¹²So then each of us shall give an account concerning himself to God.
¹³Let us no longer therefore judge one another; but judge ye this rather, not to put a stumbling-block or a fall-trap before his brother.
¹⁴I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except to him who reckons anything to be unclean, to that man it is unclean.
¹⁵For if on account of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer according to love. Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ has died. (Rom. 14:12‑15)

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Rom. 15:1‑2• ¹But *we* ought, we that are strong, to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
²Let each one of us please his neighbour with a view to what is good, to edification. (Rom. 15:1‑2)

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Gal. 5:13• ¹³For *ye* have been called to liberty, brethren; only do not turn liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another. (Gal. 5:13)

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Gal. 6:1‑2• ¹Brethren, if even a man be taken in some fault, ye who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself lest *thou* also be tempted.
²Bear one another's burdens, and thus fulfil the law of the Christ. (Gal. 6:1‑2)

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Phil. 2:3‑5,21• ³let nothing be in the spirit of strife or vain glory, but, in lowliness of mind, each esteeming the other as more excellent than themselves;
⁴regarding not each his own qualities, but each those of others also.
⁵For let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus;
²¹For all seek their own things, not the things of Jesus Christ. (Phil. 2:3‑5,21)

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2 Tim. 2:10• ¹⁰For this cause I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that *they* also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. (2 Tim. 2:10)

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1 John 3:16‑17• ¹⁶Hereby we have known love, because *he* has laid down his life for us; and *we* ought for the brethren to lay down our lives.
¹⁷But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him? (1 John 3:16‑17)

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Num. 12:3• ³But the man Moses was very meek, above all men that were upon the face of the earth. (Num. 12:3)

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Num. 16:15• ¹⁵Then Moses was very wroth, and said to Jehovah, Have no regard to their oblation: not one ass have I taken from them, neither have I hurt one of them. (Num. 16:15)

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Num. 20:10‑12• ¹⁰And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said to them, Hear now, ye rebels: shall we bring forth to you water out of this rock?
¹¹And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his staff smote the rock twice, and much water came out, and the assembly drank, and their beasts.
¹²And Jehovah said to Moses and to Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to hallow me before the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land that I have given them. (Num. 20:10‑12)

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Psa. 106:32‑33• ³²And they moved him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account;
³³For they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips. (Psa. 106:32‑33)

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Prov. 14:17• ¹⁷He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly, and a man of mischievous devices is hated. (Prov. 14:17)

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Matt. 5:22• ²²But *I* say unto you, that every one that is lightly angry with his brother shall be subject to the judgment; but whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be subject to be called before the sanhedrim; but whosoever shall say, Fool, shall be subject to the penalty of the hell of fire. (Matt. 5:22)

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Mark 3:5• ⁵And looking round upon them with anger, distressed at the hardening of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. (Mark 3:5)

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James 1:19• ¹⁹So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; (James 1:19)

thinketh.

2 Sam. 10:3• ³And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Is it, in thine eyes, to honour thy father that David has sent comforters to thee? Is it not to search the city and to spy it out, and to overthrow it, that David has sent his servants to thee? (2 Sam. 10:3)

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Job 21:27• ²⁷Lo, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine against me. (Job 21:27)

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Jer. 11:19• ¹⁹And I was like a tame lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. (Jer. 11:19)

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Jer. 18:18‑20• ¹⁸And they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor word from the prophet. Come and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
¹⁹Jehovah, give heed to me, and listen to the voice of those that contend with me.
²⁰Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them. (Jer. 18:18‑20)

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Jer. 40:13‑16• ¹³And Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah unto Mizpah,
¹⁴and said unto him, Dost thou indeed know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to smite thee to death? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.
¹⁵And Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will smite Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and no man shall know it: why should he take thy life, and all they of Judah who are gathered unto thee be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?
¹⁶But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing; for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael. (Jer. 40:13‑16)

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Matt. 9:4• ⁴And Jesus, seeing their thoughts, said, Why do *ye* think evil things in your hearts? (Matt. 9:4)

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Luke 7:39• ³⁹And the Pharisee who had invited him, seeing it, spoke with himself saying, This person if he were a prophet would have known who and what the woman is who touches him, for she is a sinner. (Luke 7:39)

• (6) Love "doth not behave itself in an unseemly manner." The flesh, even when high in the social scale, can be rude and unmannerly. Love will lead the highest by birth, as well as the lowest, to be courteous. (7) Love "does not seek what is its own." The flesh is ever selfish and seeks its own interest. Love is unselfish and disinterested, seeking the good of others. (8) "Love is not easily provoked." The flesh is ever touchy and quick to take offense and resent insults. Love is slow to anger, and not easily provoked. Love, indeed, can be provoked, for in this very Epistle, we are warned that it is possible to provoke the Lord (1 Cor. 10:22); but the Lord is slow to anger; He is not quickly provoked. .... (1) Love "does not impute evil." The flesh is quick to imagine evil, and impute wrong motives. Love does not reckon evil to exist when there is no positive evidence. (“1 Corinthians 13” by H. Smith)

• "Thinketh no evil" scarcely expresses the clause, but rather not having the evil in the mind and tongue. "No evil" would answer to the phrase if anarthrous. Here it is an actual evil done, which would rankle but for love, which is ever above evil, always free and always holy. (“Notes on 1 Corinthians 13” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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does not behave in an unseemly manner, does not seek what is its own, is not quickly provoked, does not impute evil,

W. Kelly Translation

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doth not behave unseemly, seeketh not its own things, is not easily provoked, reckoneth not the evil,