1 Corinthians 13:1 - Compare All Versions

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If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

If I speak human or angelic tongues  but do not have love,  I am a noisy gong  or a clanging cymbal.

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.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.

If I speak with the tongues of mankind and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love [for others growing out of God’s love for me], then I have become only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal [just an annoying distraction].

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.