1 Corinthians 13:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

It doeth no vncomely thing: it seeketh not her owne things: it is not prouoked to anger: it thinketh not euill:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὐκ ἀσχημονεῖ, οὐ ζητεῖ τὰ ἑαυτῆς, οὐ παροξύνεται, οὐ λογίζεται τὸ κακόν·

Transliteration

Not aschēmonei, not zētei the things of heautēs, not paroxynetai, not logizetai the kakon;

Grammar Details

• *Ouk*: negative particle - not
• *aschēmonei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - behaves unseemly/unbecomingly
• *zētei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - seeks/looks for
• *ta*: accusative, neuter, plural article - the things
• *heautēs*: genitive, feminine, singular, reflexive pronoun - of itself/her own
• *paroxynetai*: present, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular - is provoked/irritated
• *logizetai*: present, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - reckons/counts/calculates
• *to*: accusative, neuter, singular article - the
• *kakon*: accusative, neuter, singular - evil/bad thing

Word Meanings

• *aschēmonei*: behaves unseemly/acts improperly/is indecent
• *zētei*: seeks/pursues/looks for
• *heautēs*: of itself/her own/for itself
• *paroxynetai*: is provoked/irritated/angered/exasperated
• *logizetai*: reckons/counts/calculates/keeps account of
• *kakon*: evil/wrong/bad/harm

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 10:24 : 24 Let no man seeke his owne, but euery man anothers wealth.
• Phil 2:21 : 21 For all seeke their owne, and not that which is Iesus Christes.
• Jas 1:19 : 19 Wherefore my deare brethren, let euery man be swift to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.
• 1 John 3:16-17 : 16 Hereby haue we perceiued loue, that he layde downe his life for vs: therefore we ought also to lay downe our liues for the brethren. 17 And whosoeuer hath this worlds good, and seeth his brother haue neede, & shutteth vp his compassion from him, howe dwelleth the loue of God in him?
• Phil 4:8 : 8 Furthermore, brethre, whatsoeuer things are true, whatsoeuer things are honest, whatsoeuer thinges are iust, whatsoeuer thinges are pure, whatsoeuer thinges are worthie loue, whatsoeuer things are of good report, if there be any vertue, or if there be any praise, thinke on these things,
• 2 Thess 3:7 : 7 For ye your selues know, how ye ought to follow vs: for we behaued not our selues inordinately among you,
• 1 Cor 10:33 : 33 Euen as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine owne profite, but the profite of many, that they might be saued.
• 2 Sam 10:3 : 3 And the princes of the children of Ammon sayde vnto Hanun their lorde, Thinkest thou that Dauid doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters to thee? hath not Dauid rather sent his seruants vnto thee, to search the citie, & to spie it out, and to ouerthrow it?
• Job 21:27 : 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the enterprises, wherewith ye do me wrong.
• Ps 106:32-33 : 32 They angred him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was punished for their sakes, 33 Because they vexed his spirite, so that hee spake vnaduisedly with his lippes.
• Prov 14:17 : 17 He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.
• Isa 3:5 : 5 The people shalbe oppressed one of another, and euery one by his neighbour: the children shall presume against the ancient, and the vile against the honourable.
• Jer 11:19 : 19 But I was like a lambe, or a bullocke, that is brought to the slaughter, and I knewe not that they had deuised thus against me, saying, Let vs destroy the tree with the fruite thereof, and cut him out of the lande of the liuing, that his name may be no more in memory.
• Jer 18:18-20 : 18 Then sayde they, Come, and let vs imagine some deuice against Ieremiah: for the Lawe shal not perish from the Priest, nor counsell from the wise, nor the worde from the Prophet: come, and let vs smite him with the tongue, and let vs not giue heede to any of his words. 19 Hearken vnto mee, O Lorde, and heare the voyce of them that contend with me. 20 Shall euill be recompensed for good? for they haue digged a pit for my soule: remember that I stood before thee, to speake good for the, and to turne away thy wrath from them.
• Jer 40:13-16 : 13 Moreouer Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and all the captaines of the hoste, that were in the fieldes, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, 14 And said vnto him, Knowest thou not that Baalis the King of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam beleeued them not. 15 Then Iohanan the sonne of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me goe, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it. Wherefore should he kill thee, that all the Iewes, which are gathered vnto thee, shoulde be scattered, and the remnant in Iudah perish? 16 But Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam said vnto Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, Thou shalt not doe this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.
• Matt 5:22 : 22 But I say vnto you, whosoeuer is angry with his brother vnaduisedly, shalbe culpable of iudgment; whosoeuer sayth vnto his brother, Raca, shalbe worthy to be punished by the Councill; whosoeuer shall say, Foole, shalbe worthy to be punished with hell fire.
• Matt 9:4 : 4 But when Iesus saw their thoughts, he said, Wherefore thinke yee euil things in your hearts?
• Mark 3:5 : 5 Then hee looked rounde about on them angerly, mourning also for the hardnesse of their hearts, and saide to the man, Stretch foorth thine hand; he stretched it out: and his hande was restored, as whole as the other.
• Luke 7:39 : 39 Nowe when the Pharise which bade him, saw it, he spake within himselfe, saying, If this man were a Prophet, hee woulde surely haue knowen who, and what maner of woman this is which toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
• Rom 14:12-15 : 12 So then euery one of vs shall giue accounts of himselfe to God. 13 Let vs not therefore iudge one another any more: but vse your iudgement rather in this, that no man put an occasion to fall, or a stumbling blocke before his brother. 14 I know, and am perswaded through the Lord Iesus, that there is nothing vncleane of it selfe: but vnto him that iudgeth any thing to be vncleane, to him it is vncleane. 15 But if thy brother be grieued for the meate, nowe walkest thou not charitably: destroy not him with thy meate, for whome Christ dyed.
• Rom 15:1-2 : 1 We which are strong, ought to beare the infirmities of the weake, & not to please our selues. 2 Therefore let euery man please his neighbour in that that is good to edification.
• 1 Cor 7:36 : 36 But if any man thinke that it is vncomely for his virgine, if shee passe the flower of her age, and neede so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them be maried.
• 1 Cor 11:18 : 18 For first of all, when ye come together in the Church, I heare that there are dissentions among you: and I beleeue it to be true in some part.
• 1 Cor 11:21-22 : 21 For euery man when they should eate, taketh his owne supper afore, and one is hungry, and another is drunken. 22 Haue ye not houses to eate & to drinke in? despise ye the Church of God, and shame them that haue not? what shal I say to you? shall I prayse you in this? I prayse you not.
• 1 Cor 12:25 : 25 Lest there should be any diuision in the body: but that the members shoulde haue the same care one for another.
• 1 Cor 14:33-40 : 33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as we see in all ye Churches of the Saints. 34 Let your women keepe silence in the Churches: for it is not permitted vnto them to speake: but they ought to be subiect, as also the Lawe sayth. 35 And if they will learne any thing, let them aske their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speake in the Church. 36 Came the worde of God out from you? either came it vnto you onely? 37 If any man thinke him selfe to be a Prophet, or spirituall, let him acknowledge, that the things, that I write vnto you, are the commandements of the Lord. 38 And if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. 39 Wherefore, brethren, couet to prophecie, and forbid not to speake languages. 40 Let all things be done honestly, and by order.
• 2 Cor 5:19 : 19 For God was in Christ, and reconciled the world to himselfe, not imputing their sinnes vnto them, and hath committed to vs the word of reconciliation.
• Gal 5:13 : 13 For brethren, ye haue bene called vnto libertie: onely vse not your libertie as an occasion vnto the flesh, but by loue serue one another.
• Gal 6:1-2 : 1 Brethren, if a man be suddenly taken in any offence, ye which are spirituall, restore such one with the spirit of meekenes, considering thy selfe, least thou also be tempted. 2 Beare ye one anothers burden, & so fulfill the Lawe of Christ.
• Phil 2:3-5 : 3 That nothing be done through contention or vaine glory, but that in meekenesse of minde euery man esteeme other better then himselfe. 4 Looke not euery man on his owne things, but euery man also on the things of other men. 5 Let the same minde be in you that was euen in Christ Iesus,
• 1 Cor 11:13-16 : 13 Iudge in your selues, Is it comely that a woman pray vnto God vncouered? 14 Doeth not nature it selfe teach you, that if a man haue long heare, it is a shame vnto him? 15 But if a woman haue long heare, it is a prayse vnto her: for her heare is giuen her for a couering. 16 But if any man lust to be contentious, we haue no such custome, neither the Churches of God.
• Num 16:15 : 15 Then Moses waxed verie angry, and saide vnto the Lord, Looke not vnto their offring: I haue not taken so much as an asse from them, neither haue I hurt any of them.
• Num 20:10-12 : 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the Congregation together before the rocke, and Moses sayd vnto them, Heare nowe, ye rebels: shall we bring you water out of this rocke? 11 Then Moses lift vp his hande, and with his rod he smote the rocke twise, and the water came out aboundantly: so the Congregation, and their beastes dranke. 12 Againe the Lorde spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, Because ye beleeued me not, to sanctifie mee in the presence of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this Congregation into the land which I haue giuen them.
• 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 Therefore I suffer all things, for the elects sake, that they might also obtaine the saluation which is in Christ Iesus, with eternall glorie.