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Love Is Not Rude
The same verb was used in 1 Corinthians 7:36, where Paul spoke of a man who thinks that he is acting unbecomingly towards his betrothed. The verb has a broad meaning, signifying unbecoming or inappropriate behaviour in any situation. A person who loves others will speak, act, and even dress in accordance with what is considered decent and proper.
Love Does Not Insist on Its Own Way
In other words, love is not selfish. Paul’s own life exemplified the principle, Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbour
(1 Corinthians 10:24; see also 1 Corinthians 10:33).
Love Is Not Irritable
Anger and irritation can be justified when they arise from a holy concern for God’s honour (John 2:13–17; Acts 17:16). But as sinful human beings, our feelings of anger and irritation most often arise from self-centredness. Since love does not insist on its own way,
the person who loves will not become irritated when things do not go his way.
Irritation was probably an all-too-common experience in the Corinthian church, with members disagreeing over which leaders to follow, how to deal with cases of immorality, how to celebrate the Lord’s Supper, whether or not to eat food offered to idols, and more.
Love Is Not Resentful
In a certain sense, love makes a person forgetful. The one who loves does not dwell on the wrongs committed against him, but forgives and leaves them in the past.
5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;