1 Corinthians 13:6 (LSB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

1 Corinthians 13:8 Love never fails, but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "does", "rejoice", "unrighteousness", "rejoices", and "truth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "does" and "rejoice", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "it does not act unbecomingly does not..." into verse 7's "it bears all things believes all things...", so "does" and "rejoice" 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 "rejoice" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.