哥林多前書 13
1 若能說人間的語言，和能說天使的語言，但我沒有愛，我就成了個發響的鈸。
Supposing we could speak [all] the various languages [MTY] that people [in the world speak] and even speak [the language] that angels [speak]. If we did not love [others, speaking those languages] would be [as useless as beating] a brass gong or clanging cymbals [together].
2 我若能先知之恩，又明白一切奧秘和各種知識；我若有全備的信心，甚至能移山，但我沒有愛，我什麼也不算。
Supposing we had the ability to speak messages that come directly from God, and we could understand the plans that he has not yet revealed [to others], and we could know everything [about everything], and we believed in God so strongly that we could [do impossible things like] causing mountains to move. If we did not love [others, God would consider all that] to be worthless.
3 我若把全部的財產全施捨了，我若拾身投火被焚；但我沒有愛，為我毫無益利處。
And supposing we would give everything that we own to poor people, and would let others kill us in order that we could boast about [sacrificing our] own bodies. If we did not love [others], we would not get any reward [from God].
4 愛是含忍的，愛是慈祥的，愛不嫉妒，不誇張，不自大，
Those who [PRS] truly love [others] act patiently and kindly toward them. Those who [PRS] truly love [others] are not jealous of them, they do not boast [about what they themselves have done], and are not proud.
5 不作無禮的事，不求己益，不動怒，不圖謀惡事，
Those who [PRS] truly love [others] do not act in disgraceful/disrespectful ways towards them. They do not (act selfishly/think only of themselves and what they want). They do not quickly become angry. They do not keep remembering the bad things [that others have done to them].
6 不以不義為樂，卻與真理同樂：
Those who [PRS] truly love [others] do not rejoice when [people do] evil things, but they do rejoice when [people act] righteously.
7 凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盻望，凡事忍耐。
Those who truly love [others] patiently put up [the faults of others]. They do not quickly assume [that others have done something bad]. They confidently expect [that others will act righteously]. They patiently endure [all their own troubles].
8 愛永存不杇，而先知之恩，終必消失；語言之恩，終必停止；知識之恩，終必消逝。
We should never [PRS] let anything stop us from continuing to love [others]. As for the ability to speak messages that come directly from God, some day that will come to an end. As for the ability to speak languages [MTY] [that we have not learned], that will [also] come to an end some day. And as for the ability to know things that God reveals to us, that will come to an end some day [because it will not be necessary any more].
9 因為我們現在所知道的，只是局部的；
God does not reveal everything to us, and we cannot know everything that he knows.
10 及至圓滿的一來到，局部的，就必要消逝。
But when everything is perfect [after Christ returns], things which are not perfect [now], [such as the abilities which God’s Spirit gives us], will (disappear/come to an end).
11 當我是孩子的時候，說話像孩子，看事像孩子，思想像孩子；幾時我月成了人，就把孩子的事丟棄了。
When we were children, we talked like children talk, we thought like children think, we reasoned like children reason. But when we grew up, we got rid of our childish ways [MET]. [Similarly], [you need to get rid of your childish thinking about the abilities that the Spirit has given you].
12 我們現在是藉著鏡子觀看，模糊不清，到那時，就要面對面的觀看了。我現在所認識的，只是是局部的，那時我就要全認清了，如同我被全認清一樣。
In this life we do not understand everything fully. It is like [MET] looking at something indirectly by seeing it in a mirror. But [when we get to heaven] [MTY], we will [understand everything clearly. It will be like] talking to someone face-to-face. Now we know only part [of everything that God wants us to know]. Then we will know everything completely, just like [God] knows us completely.
13 現今存在的，有信、望、愛這三樣，但其中最大的是愛。
So now there are three things [that we must] continue [to do]: To trust [in God], to confidently expect [to receive what he will give us], and to love [others]. But the greatest of those three things is loving [others].
