1 Corinthians 13:6 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

1 Corinthians 13:5 doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

1 Corinthians 13:6 doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

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

1 Corinthians 13:8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "doesn t behave itself inappropriately doesn t..." into verse 7's "bears all things believes all things hopes...", so "doesn" 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 "doesn" and "rejoice" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.