doth not behave itself unseemly The Vulgate renders unseemly by ambitiosa; Erasmus by fastidiosa; Wiclif by coveitous; doth not frawardly, Tyndale. But see note on ch. 1 Corinthians 12:23, where a word of similar derivation occurs. Also ch. 1 Corinthians 7:36; and cf. Romans 1:27; Revelation 16:15. Here it means -is not betrayed by a sense of superiority into forgetfulness of what is due to others."

seeketh not her own See ch. 1 Corinthians 10:24; 1 Corinthians 10:33.

is not easily provoked οὐ παροξύνεται. The -contention" between Paul and Barnabas is, according to the Greek, a παροξυσμός. Acts 15:39.

thinketh no evil So the Vulgate and other versions. Rather, imputeth not the evil, i.e. bears no malice. St Chrysostom explains it by "is not suspicious." See Romans 4, where the word is translated indifferently -reckoned" and -imputed."

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