He doth not rejoice in the sinful falls of others, but he rejoiceth in all truth, and the success and prospering of truth in the world; or in the manifestation of any person's truth, or innocency, and righteousness.
Verse 1 Corinthians 13:6. (10.) _REJOICETH NOT IN INIQUITY_] ου χαιρει επι τη αδικια. _Rejoiceth not in falsehood_, but on the contrary, _rejoiceth in the truth_: this meaning αδικια has in different...
REJOICETH NOT IN INIQUITY - Does not rejoice over the “vices” of other people; does not take delight when they are guilty of crime, or when, in any manner, they fall into sin. It does not find pleasur...
3. THE NEED AND SUPERIORITY OF LOVE. CHAPTER 13 __ 1. The Preeminence of Love. (1 Corinthians 13:1 .) 2. Love described in its characteristics. (1 Corinthians 13:4 .) 3. Love never faileth; its Pe...
1 CORINTHIANS 13. ALL GIFTS AND SACRIFICES ARE WORTHLESS WITHOUT LOVE, WHICH IS SUPREME AND INCOMPARABLE. The chapter falls into three divisions: (_a)_ superlative gifts and costliest surrenders are v...
THE HYMN OF LOVE (1 Corinthians 13:1-13) 13 I may speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but if I have not love, I am become no better than echoing brass or a clanging cymbal. I may have the gi...
IN. upon, or at. App-104. INIQUITY. unrighteousness. App-128. REJOICETH IN THE TRUTH. rejoiceth with (as in 1 Corinthians 12:26) the truth, i.e. as it wins its way, truth being personified....
_rejoiceth not in iniquity_ Cf. Psalms 5:4-5, -Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: thou hatest all workers of iniquity." And Hosea 7:3; Romans 1:32;...
1 Corinthians 12:31 Ch. 1 Corinthians 13:13. The Excellencies of Love _and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way_ Literally, AND FURTHERMORE I SHEW YOU AN EMINENTLY EXCELLENT WAY, i.e. the way of l...
1 Corinthians 12:31 to 1 Corinthians 13:13. THE EXCELLENCIES OF LOVE ΚΑῚ ἜΤΙ ΚΑΘ' ὙΠΕΡΒΟΛῊΝ ὉΔῸΝ ὙΜΙ͂Ν ΔΕΊΚΝΥΜΙ. AND MOREOVER I SHEW YOU A WAY OF SUPERLATIVE EXCELLENCE. This, St Paul would have us un...
_THE DESCRIPTION OF LOVE 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-8:_ These verses provide a brief description of love in action. God approaches love from both a negative and a positive point of view. "Love is kind and pat...
ΧΑΊΡΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΧΑΊΡΩ (G844) ликовать, ΣΥΓΧΑΊΡΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΓΧΑΊΡΩ (G187) ликовать вместе, присоединяться к радости. Здесь ликование происходит скорее в связи с истиной, а н...
DISCOURSE: 1986 A DESCRIPTION OF CHARITY 1 Corinthians 13:4. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, s...
REJOICETH NOT IN INIQUITY— This is the 10th character of love, that it _rejoiceth not in iniquity_—common as it is even for _those_ to do so who bear the name of Christ. The true Christian, however, i...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Giftlessness With Love (1 Corinthians 13:4-7) 4 Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; 5it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own wa...
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; REJOICETH IN THE TRUTH. Greek, 'rejoiceth with the truth.' Exults not at unrighteousness perpetrated by others (cf. ), but rejoices when the t...
13 The body of Jesus, or of the Lord, denotes His physical frame. The body of Christ, however, is quite a distinct thought. Christ, or the Anointed, is a title rather than a name. It suggests official...
_(e) Spiritual Gifts (ii) The most excellent Gift of Charity_ In this chapter we enter into the purest atmosphere and breathe the most fragrant odours. Passing from the previous Chapter s with their t...
The character and actions of Love. 4. Vaunteth not itself] does not make a display. PUFFED UP] i.e. conceited....
REJOICETH NOT IN INIQUITY] i.e. in hearing or telling of others' faults or follies. In (RV 'with') THE TRUTH] i.e. in the spread and victory of truth and right....
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 13 LOVE 13:1-13 1. THE ABSENCE OF LOVE 13:1-3 V1 Suppose that I speak in the languages of people and *angels. If I have no love, I am onl...
REJOICETH NOT IN INIQUITY. — The attitude of our mind towards sin is a great test of the truth of our religious feeling....
CHAPTER 19 NO GIFT LIKE LOVE THIS is one of the passages of Scripture which an expositor scruples to touch. Some of the bloom and delicacy of surface passes from the flower in the very handling whic...
In 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 Paul's utterance began to rise with the elevation of his theme into the Hebraic rhythm (observe the recurrent ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, and the repeated οὐδέν) which marks his more imp...
§ 43. THE QUALITIES OF CHRISTIAN LOVE. The previous vv. have justified the καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν of 1 Corinthians 12:31. The loftiest human faculties of man are seen to be frustrate without love; by its aid...
THE ONE ESSENTIAL FOR ALL 1 Corinthians 13:1 With what wonder his amanuensis must have looked up, as the Apostle broke into this exquisite sonnet on love! His radiant spirit had caught a glimpse of t...
The apostle dealt with love, its values (verses 1Co 13:1-3), its virtues (verses 1Co 13:4-7), and its victory (verses 1Co 13:8-13). The values of love are discovered in the fact that, apart from it, a...
The Nature of Love Love will cause one to endure wrong for a long time as Christ did (1 Peter 2:23). Love is good to all. Love is not jealous over another's good fortune, nor does it seek to impress o...
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but (f) rejoiceth in the truth; (f) Rejoices at righteousness in the righteous. For by "truth" the Hebrews mean "righteousness"....
The following picture is not drawn at random, and, so to speak, at the good pleasure of the author. It is as closely connected with the state of his readers as the foregoing passage. It is a mirror in...
II. THE WAY PAR EXCELLENCE. CHAP. 13. This chapter has been called a hymn. In tone indeed it is truly lyrical, especially in the first verses. Charity is poetically personified. In this respect the pa...
(4) Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, (5) Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
_CHRISTIAN LOVE_ ‘Charity suffereth long … endureth all things.’ 1 Corinthians 13:4 It is indeed the occasion of astonishment that in the face of this chapter theology should ever have imagined tha...
Nevertheless there was something more excellent than all gifts. They were the manifestations of the power of God and of the mysteries of His wisdom; love, that of His nature itself. They might speak w...
REJOICETH NOT IN INIQUITY,.... Neither in his own, nor in others; but on the contrary is grieved for it; he mourns over his own iniquities, the corruption of his heart, the infirmities of his life, hi...
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Ver. 6. _Rejoiceth with the truth_] _Nulla est igitur inter males charitas, sed coniuratio potius, _ saith a grave expositor. It is not charity,...
Love _rejoiceth not in iniquity_ Takes no pleasure to see an adversary fall into an error or sin, by which his reputation should be blasted, and his interest ruined. On the contrary, the man influence...
REJOICETH NOT IN INIQUITY; as is done by the selfish, whenever iniquity in themselves or others can be made subservient to their own personal interests, or the destruction of their enemies. REJOICETH...
REJOICETH NOT IN INIQUITY, BUT REJOICETH IN THE TRUTH;...
A description of true love:...
Verses 1 Timothy 3 of this chapter show the necessity of love; verses 4 to 7 the characteristics of love; and verses 8 to 13 its permanence. And in the first section, verse I deals with what I speak;...
IN THE TRUTH: Or, with the truth...
REJOICETH NOT IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT REJOICETH WITH THE TRUTH; 'rejoiceth not in righteousness' -'takes no pleasure in wrongdoing.' (Bas); 'does not gloat over other men's sins' (NEB); 'love is nev...
4-7 Some of the effects of charity are stated, that we may know whether we have this grace; and that if we have not, we may not rest till we have it. This love is a clear proof of regeneration, and i...
rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth [It does not rejoice in seeing sin committed nor in the downfall of those who are overcome by it (Romans 1:32; 2 Thessalonians 2:12; comp...
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LOVE MUST LIE AT THE ROOT OF ALL WE DO ESPECIALLY OUR MINISTRY TO THE CHURCH (13:1-13). Paul now deals with what must lie behind the use of spiritual gifts, if they are to be truly spiritual. And in s...
HOW TRUE LOVE IS REVEALED (13:4-8A). This definition of love covers all angles. Because it portrays the essentials of love looking from our point of view, it gives us a totally rounded view of what tr...
1 Corinthians 13:6. REJOICETH NOT IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT REJOICETH WITH THE TRUTH. Love's native element is goodness and truth: apart from the truth it knows neither father nor mother, husband nor wi...
REJOICETH NOT IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS (ου χαιρε). See Romans 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 (σ...
1 Corinthians 13:4 "Love Suffereth Long, and is Kind.". I. We have here brought before us the two sides, the passive and the active sides, of a loving disposition. "Love suffereth long." It is perhap...
1 Corinthians 13:6 The Rejoicing of Charity. As St. Paul depicts the features and behaviour of his Divine charity, are there not many whose feeling would be, that while beautiful and sublime enough,...
1 Corinthians 13:5 I. Love is not easily provoked. This characteristic follows upon "seeketh not her own," and very naturally self-regard is the great secret of easy provocation. It may be hidden self...
1 Corinthians 13:1. _Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal._ If there be no love to God, and no love to man,...
CONTENTS: Love, the supreme gift of the Spirit, and its governing power over other gifts. CHARACTERS: Paul. CONCLUSION: Love alone can give value to any service rendered in Christ's name, and it is...
The apostle having spoken of the adornings of the church, which is the body of Christ, proceeds now to treat of her internal glory; and that glory is charity, for without this, all other endowments ar...
NOT HAPPY WITH EVIL. Love is not pleased with the evil others do, even when it results in an advantage to itself. IS HAPPY WITH THE TRUTH. Love is pleased by the good which others do, even when it res...
_Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal._ CHARITY Each of the apostles had a predominant feature of character....
_Charity suffereth long, and is kind._ CHRISTIAN LOVE I. Suffers long. The Greek denotes having the power “to hold the mind long,” _i.e.,_ it is the opposite to rash anger. There are persons who, whe...
_Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth_. CHARITY CANNOT REJOICE IN INIQUITY, BUT MUST REJOICE IN THE TRUTH I. Iniquity expresses unevenness or inequality--a want of rectitude or moral...
CHAPTER 13 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He points out that of all gifts and graces, charity is the first, and that without charity no gift or virtue is of any use. II. He enumerates (ver. 4) the sixt...
_Rejoiceth in the truth. In the truth_, not so much of speech and mind as of life, _i.e._, of righteousness. In other words, charity, when it sees its neighbours living justly and rightly and making a...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1. THESE NEED BE VERY FEW; the language of the chapter is of the simplest, the thought inexhaustibly full. 2. Note, Paul, not John, writes this chapter on LOVE. 3. The “I” is not s...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 13:1 _The supremely excellent way of Christian love. _This chapter has been in all ages the object of the special admiration of the Church. Would that it had received in all...
Let's turn to the thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians. The thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians actually begins with chapter 12. Paul was talking in chapter 12 about the various gifts of the Holy Spiri...
1 Samuel 23:19; 1 Thessalonians 3:6; 2 Corinthians 7:9; 2 John 1:4;...
Rejoiceth in the truth [σ υ γ χ α ι ρ ε ι τ η α λ η θ ε ι α]. Rev., correctly, rejoiceth with. Truth is personified as love is. Compare Psalms 85:10....
THE MORE EXCELLENT WAY 1 Corinthians 13:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The love of God. The great love of God verse is John 3:16. Another great love verse is Romans 5:8. The whole Bible is, however, one st...
Rejoiceth not in iniquity — Yea, weeps at either the sin or folly of even an enemy; takes no pleasure in hearing or in repeating it, but desires it may be forgotten for ever. But rejoiceth in the trut...
Charity rejoices not in any evil done, either, 1. By ourselves, in the commission or after-contemplation of it; or, 2. By others. Lord, how sad it is when it becomes matter of mirth and sport, to se...