Godly Jealousy

Godly Jealousy

Exodus 20:4-5 (New Living Translation)

You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea.

You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.

and 2 Corinthians 11:2 (New Living Translation) also talks about the ‘Godly Jealousy’

For I am jealous for you with the jealousy of God himself. I promised you as a pure bride to one husband—Christ.

Meanwhile in 1 Corinthians 13:4 is said that “Love is not jealous”

We should differ the meaning between these verses
First of all, jealousy may indicate the feeling of someone for what rightfully belongs to him
and jealousy may indicate the feeling of envy (which is always spoken in negative way)
The word ‘Jealous God’ tells us that what belongs to Him should be offered back to Him. No need for Him to envy something from human, because essentially“Everything is His”

Godly Jealousy is something that brings us towards the good passion

http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/598