1 Corinthians 13

1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

Suppose that I speak with the tongues of men and of angels. But if I do not have love, I have become a noisy gong 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 as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.

Suppose that I have the gift of prophecy and understand all hidden truths and knowledge, and that I have all faith so as to remove mountains. But if I do not have love, I am nothing.

3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

Suppose that I give all I own to feed the poor, and that I give my body to be burned. But if I do not have love, I gain nothing.

4 Love suffereth long, is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not herself, is not puffed up,

Love is patient and kind. Love does not envy or boast. It is not arrogant

5 doth not behave herself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, maketh no account of an injury,

or rude. It is not self-serving. It is not easily angered, nor does it keep a count of wrongs.

6 rejoiceth not at iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth,

It does not rejoice in unrighteousness. Instead, it rejoices in the truth.

7 beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.

8 Love never faileth; but whether there are prophesyings, they will come to an end; whether tongues, they will cease; whether knowledge, it will be done away.

Love never ends. If there are prophecies, they will pass away. If there are tongues, they will cease. If there is knowledge, it will pass away.

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, that which is in part will be done away.

But when the perfect comes, that which is incomplete will pass away.

11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I had the feelings of a child, I thought as a child; since I have become a man, I have put away the things of the child.

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I put away childish things.

12 For now we see in a mirror, obscurely; but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall fully know even as I also am fully known.

For now we see indirectly in a mirror, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I have been fully known.

13 And now there abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

But now these three remain: faith, future confidence, and love. But the greatest of these is love.