1 Corinthians 13:6 love Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

Rejoice in the Greek is χαίρω chaírō, khah’-ee-ro; a primary verb; to be “cheer”ful, i.e. calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation (on meeting or parting), be well:—farewell, be glad, God speed, greeting, hail, joy(- fully), rejoice.

Sometimes I like to take a definition to the extreme just to see how ridiculous it sounds.

What does joyfully hail sound like? Think about a football player doing his custom made victory dance after scoring a touchdown. How ridiculous would it look to act like that after you sin any sin? Pick your favorite sin and take a victory lap in your mind. Looks ridiculous doesn’t it?

When you sin that is exactly what the devil is doing.

To be fair that kind of reaction to truth would look ridiculous too. The reaction from Jesus when we embrace truth would most like be exactly that, an embrace. He might even whisper in your ear, “Yes.”

While my image of an extreme reaction to sin is unlikely, it begs to ask; how do you feel about sin? Does it bother you at all? Does it bother you just the right amount? Do you have an obsessive compulsive hatred of sin?

During my review of the various translation there were a couple that pointed directly at other people’s sins. Do we ever take pleasure in other people’s sins? Do we ever take pleasure in other people’s sins being exposed? Do you take pleasure in just the accusation of sin?

Perhaps this is why Paul’s comparative of iniquity is with truth and not righteousness.