< 1 Corinthians 13 >

1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
If I speak with the tongues of men and of messengers, and do not have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal;
2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, and do not have love, I am nothing;
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
and if I give away all my goods to feed others, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and do not have love, I am profited nothing.
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Love is long-suffering, it is kind, love does not envy, love does not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
does not act unseemly, does not seek its own things, is not provoked, does not impute evil,
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
[does] not rejoice over unrighteousness, and rejoices with the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
it bears all things, it believes all, it hopes all, it endures all.
8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
Love never fails; and whether [there be] prophecies, they will become useless; whether tongues, they will cease; whether knowledge, it will become useless;
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
for we know in part, and we prophesy in part;
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
and when that which is perfect may come, then that which [is] in part will become useless.
11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
When I was a child, I was speaking as a child, I was thinking as a child, I was reasoning as a child, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the child;
12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
for we now see obscurely through a mirror, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I will fully know, as I was also known;
13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
and now there remains faith, hope, love—these three; and the greatest of these [is] love.

< 1 Corinthians 13 >