1 Corinthians 13
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1IF I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
3And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
4Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up;
5Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil;
6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth;
7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8Charity never falleth away: whether prophecies shall be made void, or tongues shall cease, or knowledge shall be destroyed.
9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10But when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.
11When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But, when I became a man, I put away the things of a child.
12We see now through a glass in a dark manner; but then face to face. Now I know I part; but then I shall know even as I am known.
13And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity.
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1 Corinthians 13
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Love: The Superior Way
1If I speak human or angelic tongues#13:1 languages, also in v. 8 but do not have love,#Jn 13:35; 1Jn 4:7–12 I am a noisy gong#Mt 10:9 or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy#1Co 14:1,3–6,22–39; Eph 4:11; 1Th 5:20 and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can move mountains#Mt 17:20 but do not have love, I am nothing. 3And if I give away all my possessions, and if I give over my body in order to boast#13:3 Other mss read body to be burned but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient,#1Th 5:14 love is kind. Love does not envy,#Nm 25:13; Gl 4:17 is not boastful, is not arrogant,#1Co 4:6 5is not rude, is not self-seeking,#Mk 10:45; Php 2:4 is not irritable,#Ac 17:16 and does not keep a record of wrongs. 6Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth.#Ps 119:142; Jn 8:14; 14:6 7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures#Jms 1:12 all things.
8Love never ends.#Mt 7:25,27; Lk 6:49; 11:17; 13:4; 16:17; Ac 15:16; Heb 11:30; Rv 11:13; 16:19 But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. 9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part, 10but when the perfect comes, the partial will come to an end. 11When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put aside childish things. 12For now we see only a reflection#13:12 Lit we see indirectly as in a mirror, but then face to face.#1Jn 3:2 Now I know in part, but then I will know fully,#Pr 2:6; Jn 17:3; 1Jn 4:8 as I am fully known.#1Co 8:3; Gl 4:9 13Now these three remain: faith, hope,#1Th 1:3 and love — but the greatest of these is love.
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