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Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

elle ne se réjouit point de l'injustice, mais elle se réjouit de la vérité;

KJV

Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

Patristic reading

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  • Clemens Romanus (Clement of Rome)

    Epistula I ad Corinthios

    ἀνεκδιήγητόν I Pet. 4, 5 ἐστιν. ἀγάπη κολλᾷ ἡμᾶς τῷ θεῷ, ἀγάπη καλύπτει πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν, ἀγάπη πάντα I Cor. 13, 4-7 ἀνέχεται, πάντα μακροθυμεῖ: οὐδὲν βάναυσον ἐν ἀγάπῃ, οὐδὲν ὑπερήφανον: ἀγάπη σχίσμα οὐκ ἔχει, ἀγάπη οὐ στασιάζει, ἀγάπη πάντα ποιεῖ ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ: ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ ἐτελειώθ…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    sition to oneself, the evil action of an enemy becomes an object of pleasure: whence it is written ( 1 Cor. 13:6 ) that charity "rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth." Reply to Objection 1: Another's action may be conjoined to me, either by its effect, as in th…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    proceeding from charity, as Augustine states (De Civ. Dei xiv, 7,8,9): wherefore the Apostle says ( 1 Cor. 13:6 ) that charity "rejoiceth not at iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth." Therefore, in like manner, neither is penance, which is sorrow for past sins, a special virtue…

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