Lesson 3: I Corinthians 13:4 --Love suppresses envy: It envieth not; it is not grieved at the good of others; neither at their gifts nor at their good qualities, their honours nor their estates.
If we love our neighbour we shall be so far from envying his welfare, or being displeased with it, that we shall share in it and rejoice at it. His bliss and sanctification will be an addition to ours, instead of impairing or lessening it. This is the proper effect of kindness and benevolence: envy is the effect of ill-will.
The prosperity of those to whom we wish well can never grieve us; and the mind which is bent on doing good to all can never will ill to any.
Written by Matthew Henry
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