1 Corinthians 13:5 (LSB)

Passage

it does not act unbecomingly, does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered;

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 13:3 And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind, is not jealous, does not brag, is not puffed up;

1 Corinthians 13:5 it does not act unbecomingly, does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered;

1 Corinthians 13:6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

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

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Love is patient love is kind is..." into verse 6's "it does not rejoice in unrighteousness but...", so "does" and "unbecomingly" 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 "unbecomingly" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.