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1 ⲁ̅ ⲉⲓϣⲁⲛϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲛⲁⲥⲡⲉ ⲛⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲙⲛⲧⲁ ⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲉⲙⲛⲧⲁⲓ ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲧⲁⲓ ⲣⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲟⲙⲛⲧ ⲉϥϯϩⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲏ ⲟⲩⲕⲩⲙⲃⲁⲗⲟⲛ ⲉϥⲱϣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ
If I speak the languages of men, even of angels, but have not love, I have become a sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
2 ⲃ̅ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲟⲩⲛⲧⲁⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲓⲁ ⲧⲁⲉⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲙⲙⲩⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲕⲁⲛ ⲉⲩⲛⲧⲁⲓ ⲧⲡⲓⲥⲧⲓⲥ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ ϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ ⲉⲡⲉⲛⲉⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲙⲛ ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲇⲉ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲁⲛⲅ ⲟⲩⲗⲁⲁⲩ
And if I have prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3 ⲅ̅ ⲕⲁⲛⲉⲓϣⲁⲛⲧⲙⲙⲟ ⲛⲛⲁϩⲩⲡⲁⲣⲭⲟⲛⲧⲁ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲁϯ ⲙⲡⲁⲥⲱⲙⲁ ϫⲉ ⲉⲓⲉϣⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ⲉⲙⲛⲧⲁⲓ ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛϯⲛⲁϯϩⲏⲩ ⲁⲛ ⲛⲗⲁⲁⲩ
Even if I give away all my possessions and hand over my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy; love does not brag, is not proud,
is not indecent, is not self-seeking, is not ‘short-fused’, is not malicious;
it does not take pleasure in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
it bears all, believes all, hopes all, endures all;
love never fails. Now as for prophecies, they will be set aside; as for languages, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will be superseded;
since we know in part and prophesy in part.
But whenever the complete should come, then the ‘in part’ will be done away with.
11 ⲓ̅ⲁ̅ ⲙⲡⲉⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲉⲓⲟ ⲛⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲛⲉⲉⲓϣⲁϫⲉ ⲡⲉ ϩⲱⲥ ⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲛⲉⲓⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ϩⲱⲥ ⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲛⲉⲓϣⲟϫⲛⲉ ϩⲱⲥ ⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲓⲣⲛⲟϭ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲓⲟⲩⲱⲥϥ ⲛⲛⲁ ⲡⲕⲟⲩⲓ
(When I was a small child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; but when I became a man, I put away the things of the child.)
12 ⲓ̅ⲃ̅ ⲧⲛⲛⲁⲩ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲁⲗ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲣⲃ ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲛϩⲟ ϩⲓ ϩⲟ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉⲓⲉⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ⲇⲉ ϯⲛⲁⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲑⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲩⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛⲧ
Because now we see blurred images as in a metal mirror, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I also am fully known.
For now these three obtain: faith, hope, love; and the greatest of these is love.
