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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 none seek his own [advantage], but his neighbour's. (1 Cor. 10:24)

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Prov. 14:17• (Prov. 14:17)

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1 Cor. 7:36• ³⁶But if anyone thinketh that he is behaving unseemly to his virginity, if he be past his prime, and so it ought to be, let him do what he will: he is not sinning, let them marry. (1 Cor. 7:36)

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1 Cor. 7• (1 Cor. 7)

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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?
¹⁴Doth not even nature itself teach you that, if man have long hair, it is a dishonour to him; but if woman have long hair, it is a glory to her?
¹⁵Because the hair hath been given her instead of a veil.
¹⁶But if anyone seemeth to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor yet the assemblies of God.
¹⁸For first, when ye come together in an assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and in some measure, I believe [it]:
²¹For each in eating taketh his own supper before [others]; and one is hungry, and another drinketh excessively.
²²Have ye not then houses for eating and drinking? or despise ye the church of God, and put shame on those that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this 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 confusion, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.
³⁴Let the women be silent in the assemblies; for it is not permitted to them to speak, but let them be in subjection, as also the law saith.
³⁵But if they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in an assembly.
³⁶What! did the word of God go out from you, or reached it unto you alone?
³⁷If anyone seemeth to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge the things which I write to you, that they are [the] Lord's commandment.
³⁸But if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant.
³⁹Wherefore, my brethren, seek earnestly for prophesying, and forbid not the speaking in tongues;
⁴⁰but let all things be done becomingly and in order. (1 Cor. 14:33‑40)

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Isa. 3:5• (Isa. 3:5)

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Phil. 4:8• ⁸For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever noble, whatsoever just, whatsoever pure, whatsoever lovely, whatsoever of good report, if there [is] any virtue, and if any praise, these things consider. (Phil. 4:8)

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

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1 Cor. 10:24,33• ²⁴Let none seek his own [advantage], but his neighbour's.
³³even as I too please all in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but that of the many, that they 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 account concerning himself to God.
¹³Let us then no longer judge one another, but judge ye this rather, not to set an occasion of stumbling or offence for one's brother.
¹⁴I know and am persuaded in [the] Lord Jesus that nothing [is] unclean by itself; unless to him that reckoneth anything to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean.
¹⁵For if on account of meat thy brother is grieved, thou art no longer walking in love. Do not with thy meat destroy him for whom Christ died. (Rom. 14:12‑15)

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Rom. 15:1‑2• ¹But we, the strong, ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves.
²Let each of us please his neighbour unto good for edification. (Rom. 15:1‑2)

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Gal. 5:13• ¹³For ye have been called for freedom, brethren: only [use] not your freedom for an opportunity to the flesh; but by love serve one another. (Gal. 5:13)

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Gal. 6:1‑2• ¹Brethren, if a man be even taken in some offence, do ye, the spiritual ones, restore such an one in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself lest thou also be tempted.
²Bear one another's burdens, and so completely fulfil the law of Christ. (Gal. 6:1‑2)

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Phil. 2:3‑5,21• ³nothing in strifefulness, or vainglory, but in lowly-mindedness esteeming one another more excellent than themselves:
⁴regarding each not his own things, but each also those of others.
⁵For let this mind be in you which [was] also in Christ Jesus;
²¹for they all seek their own things, not those 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 salvation, that [is] in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. (2 Tim. 2:10)

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1 John 3:16‑17• ¹⁶Herein we know love, because he laid down his life for us; and we ought for the brethren to lay down our lives.
¹⁷But whoso may have the world's means of living, and behold his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abideth the love of God in him? (1 John 3:16‑17)

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Num. 12:3• (Num. 12:3)

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Num. 16:15• (Num. 16:15)

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Num. 20:10‑12• (Num. 20:10‑12)

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Psa. 106:32‑33• (Psa. 106:32‑33)

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Prov. 14:17• (Prov. 14:17)

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Matt. 5:22• ²²But I say to you, that everyone that is [lightly] angry with his brother shall be subject to the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be subject to the council; and whosoever shall say, Fool, shall be subject to the hell of fire. (Matt. 5:22)

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Mark 3:5• ⁵and when he had looked round about on them with anger, being distressed at the hardening of their hearts, he says to the man, Stretch out thine hand, and he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. (Mark 3:5)

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James 1:19• ¹⁹Ye know [it], my brethren beloved, but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; (James 1:19)

thinketh.

2 Sam. 10:3• (2 Sam. 10:3)

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Job 21:27• (Job 21:27)

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Jer. 11:19• (Jer. 11:19)

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Jer. 18:18‑20• (Jer. 18:18‑20)

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Jer. 40:13‑16• (Jer. 40:13‑16)

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

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Luke 7:39• ³⁹{i}And the Pharisee who had invited him, seeing it, spoke with himself saying,{/i} This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth 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 (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,