1 Corinthians 13

1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of agents, but have not love, I have become sounding brass, or a clashing cymbal.

Though I spake with the tonges of me and angels and yet had no love I were eve as soundinge brasse: or as a tynklynge Cymball.

2 And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.

And though I coulde prophesy and vnderstode all secretes and all knowledge: yee yf I had all fayth so that I coulde move moutayns oute of ther places and yet had no love I were nothynge.

3 And if I dole out all things possessed by me, and if I deliver my body so that I may be burned, and have not love, I benefit nothing.

And though I bestowed all my gooddes to fede ye poore and though I gave my body even that I burned and yet had no love it profeteth me nothinge.

4 Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up.

Love suffreth longe and is corteous. Love envieth not. Love doth not frowardly swelleth not dealeth

5 It does not behave improperly, does not seek the things of itself, is not made sharp, does not contemplate evil,

not dishonestly seketh not her awne is not provoked to anger thynketh not evyll

6 does not rejoice in wrong but rejoices in the truth,

reioyseth not in iniquite: but reioyseth in ye trueth

7 covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

suffreth all thynge beleveth all thynges hopeth all thynges endureth in all thynges.

8 Love never fails. But whether prophecies, they will be abolished, whether tongues, they will cease, whether knowledge, it will be abolished.

Though that prophesyinge fayle other tonges shall cease ) or knowledge vanysshe awaye yet love falleth never awaye

9 But we know in part, and we prophesy in part,

For oure knowledge is vnparfect and oure prophesyinge is vnperfet.

10 but when the perfect comes, then what is in part will be abolished.

But when yt which is parfect is come then yt which is vnparfet shall be done awaye.

11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I reasoned as a child, but when I became a man, I abolished the childish things.

When I was a chylde I spake as a chylde I vnderstode as a childe I ymagened as a chylde. But assone as I was a man I put awaye childesshnes.

12 For now we see by polished metal, in dimness, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know just as also I was known.

Now we se in a glasse even in a darke speakynge: but then shall we se face to face. Now I knowe vnparfectly: but then shall I knowe even as I am knowen.

13 And now remain faith, hope, love, these three, but the greater of these is love.

Now abideth fayth hope and love even these thre: but the chefe of these is love.