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- unseemly adds a suggestion of special inappropriateness to a situation or an offensiveness to good taste. remarried with unseemly haste unbecoming suggests behavior or language that does not suit one's character or status. conduct unbecoming to an officer indelicate implies a lack of modesty or of tact or of refined perception of feeling.
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—This sentence does not—as it may at first sight in the English appear to do—imply that he may consent or not, and whichever course he adopts he does right. It is implied, in the earlier part of the sentence, that he thinks he ought to give his consent, and therefore that is what he wishes to do.
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What does 1 Corinthians 7:36 mean? Having addressed the advantage to those who remain unmarried, Paul now returns to the issue of whether a man who is already engaged to be married should go through with it.
The following phrase, “Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil” means that love is not selfish, rude, or easily angered. Love seeks to do what is right and considers the well-being of others.
To hold that Paul was thereby alluding to unsuitable attire in the assemblies (Flatt), involves an inappropriate petty limitation, as does also the reference to unseemly conduct on the part of those speaking with tongues (de Wette).
American Standard Version. doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil; Berean Study Bible. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Douay-Rheims Bible.
What does the adjective unseemly mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective unseemly . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
What does Romans 1:27 mean? Paul has revealed some remarkable things in this section. God's wrath is actively being expressed against humanity in very specific and surprising ways.
