1 Corinthians 13:5 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 13:3 And if I shall dole out all my goods in food, and if I deliver up my body that I may be burned, but have not love, I profit nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:4 Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous [of others]; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,

1 Corinthians 13:5 does not behave in an unseemly manner, does not seek what is its own, is not quickly provoked, does not impute evil,

1 Corinthians 13:6 does not rejoice at iniquity but rejoices with the truth,

1 Corinthians 13:7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "does", "behave", "unseemly", "manner", "seek", "quickly", and "provoked". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "does" and "behave", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Love has long patience is kind love..." into verse 6's "does not rejoice at iniquity but rejoices...", so "does" and "behave" belong inside that flow. In 1 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "does" and "behave" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.