1 Corinthians 13:5 (YLT)

Passage

doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 13:3 and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:4 The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

1 Corinthians 13:5 doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

1 Corinthians 13:6 rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth;

1 Corinthians 13:7 all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "The love is long-suffering it is kind..." into verse 6's "rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness and rejoiceth...", so "doth" and "unseemly" 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 "doth" and "unseemly" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.