1 Corinthians 13
13
1If in the leshonot of Bnei Adam and malachim I speak, but I do not have ahavah, I have become only a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
2And if I have nevu'ah and have da'as of all sodot and all da'as, and if I have all emunah so as to remove mountains, but ahavah I do not have, I am nothing.
3And if I'm a marbitz tzedaka and give all I possess in gemilut chasadim and if I give my body al kiddush Hashem for sereifah (death by burning), but ahavah I do not have, I have gained nothing.#13:3 Dan 3:28
4Ahavah suffers long; ahavah is kind; ahavah does not have kinah; ahavah does not brag; ahavah is not puffed up in ga'avah (conceit, pride);
5ahavah does not behave shamelessly; ahavah does not in anochiyut insist on its own way; ahavah is not touchy and vindictive, keeping a record of wrongs.#13:5 Zech 8:17
6Ahavah does not find simcha in evil, but rejoices in HaEmes.
7Ahavah covers all things,#13:7 Prov 10:12 believes all things, has tikvah (hope), even savlanut, for all things.
8Ahavah never fails. However, divrei nevu'ah will be abolished; leshonot will cease; da'as will come to an end.
9For we have da'as in part, and we have divrei nevu'ah is part.
10But when shleimah (completion) comes, the teilvaiz (partial) will disappear.
11When I was a yeled, I used to speak like one, think like one, reason like one. But when I became mevugar (mature), I put away kinderyohrn.#13:11 Ps 131:2
12For still we see through a mirror indistinctly. But then,#13:12 in the Olam Haba distinctly, panim el panim. Now I have da'as only in part; then I will have da'as fully, even as also Hashem had full da'as of me.#13:12 Job 26:14; 36:26; Gn 32:30; Job 19:26
13But now remain emunah, tikvah, and ahavah, these shalosh (three). And the greatest of these is ahavah.
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1 Corinthians 13
13
Love
1What if I could speak
all languages of humans
and of angels?
If I did not love others,
I would be nothing more
than a noisy gong
or a clanging cymbal.
2What if I could prophesy#Mt 17.20; 21.21; Mk 11.23.
and understand all secrets
and all knowledge?
And what if I had faith
that moved mountains?
I would be nothing,
unless I loved others.
3What if I gave away all
that I owned
and let myself
be burnt alive?#13.3 and let myself be burnt alive: Some manuscripts have “so that I could boast.”
I would gain nothing,
unless I loved others.
4Love is kind and patient,
never jealous, boastful,
proud, or 5rude.
Love isn't selfish
or quick-tempered.
It doesn't keep a record
of wrongs that others do.
6Love rejoices in the truth,
but not in evil.
7Love is always supportive,
loyal, hopeful,
and trusting.
8Love never fails!
Everyone who prophesies
will stop,
and unknown languages
will no longer
be spoken.
All that we know
will be forgotten.
9We don't know everything,
and our prophecies
are not complete.
10But what is perfect
will some day appear,
and what isn't perfect
will then disappear.
11When we were children,
we thought and reasoned
as children do.
But when we grew up,
we stopped our childish ways.
12Now all we can see of God
is like a cloudy picture
in a mirror.
Later we will see him
face to face.
We don't know everything,
but then we will,
just as God completely
understands us.
13For now there are faith,
hope, and love.
But of these three,
the greatest is love.
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