1 Corinthians 13:6
New International Version
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

New Living Translation
It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.

English Standard Version
it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.

Berean Standard Bible
Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.

Berean Literal Bible
It does not delight at unrighteousness, but rejoices in the truth.

King James Bible
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

New King James Version
does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;

New American Standard Bible
it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

NASB 1995
does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

NASB 1977
does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

Legacy Standard Bible
it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

Amplified Bible
It does not rejoice at injustice, but rejoices with the truth [when right and truth prevail].

Christian Standard Bible
Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth.

American Standard Version
rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Rejoices not in evil, but rejoices in the truth,

Contemporary English Version
Love rejoices in the truth, but not in evil.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth;

English Revised Version
rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
It isn't happy when injustice is done, but it is happy with the truth.

Good News Translation
love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth.

International Standard Version
is never glad with sin; she's always glad to side with truth, and pleased that truth will win.

Literal Standard Version
[does] not rejoice over unrighteousness, and rejoices with the truth;

Majority Standard Bible
Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.

New American Bible
it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.

NET Bible
It is not glad about injustice, but rejoices in the truth.

New Revised Standard Version
it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth.

New Heart English Bible
does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

Webster's Bible Translation
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

Weymouth New Testament
She finds no pleasure in injustice done to others, but joyfully sides with the truth.

World English Bible
doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

Young's Literal Translation
rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Love
5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. 6 Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. 7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.…

Cross References
Matthew 18:13
And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

2 Thessalonians 2:12
in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.

2 John 1:4
I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.

3 John 1:3
For I was overjoyed when the brothers came and testified about your devotion to the truth, in which you continue to walk.


Treasury of Scripture

Rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;

Rejoiceth not.

1 Samuel 23:19-21
Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? …

2 Samuel 4:10-12
When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings: …

Psalm 10:3
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

rejoiceth.

Exodus 18:9
And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.

Joshua 22:22-33
The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) …

Romans 12:9
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

in the truth.

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1 Corinthians 13
1. All gifts,
3. however excellent, are of no worth without love.
4. The praises thereof,
13. as love is greatest before hope and faith.














(6) Rejoiceth not in iniquity.--The attitude of our mind towards sin is a great test of the truth of our religious feeling.

Verse 6. - Rejoiceth not in iniquity; rather, at unrighteousness. The rejoicing at sin, the taking pleasure in them that commit sin, the exultation over the fall of others into sin, are among the worst forms of malignity (Romans 1:32; 2 Thessalonians 2:12). The Greeks had a word, ἐπιχαιρεκακία, to describe "rejoicing at the evil" (whether sin or misfortune) of others (Proverbs 24:17); Schadenfreude, "malignant joy" (Arist., 'Eth.,' 2:7, 15). It is the detestable feeling indicated by the remark of La Rochefoucald, "that there is something not altogether disagreeable to us in the misfortunes of our best friends." Rejoiceth in the truth; rather, with the truth. There are many who "resist the truth" (2 Timothy 3:8); or who "hold the truth in unrighteousness" (Romans 1:18); but love accepts it, keeps it pure, exults in all its triumphs (Acts 11:23 2John 4).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[Love] takes no pleasure
χαίρει (chairei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5463: A primary verb; to be 'cheer'ful, i.e. Calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation, be well.

in
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

evil,
ἀδικίᾳ (adikia)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 93: Injustice, unrighteousness, hurt. From adikos; injustice; morally, wrongfulness.

but
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

rejoices
συνχαίρει (synchairei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4796: To rejoice with, congratulate. From sun and chairo; to sympathize in gladness, congratulate.

in the
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

truth.
ἀληθείᾳ (alētheia)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 225: From alethes; truth.


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