Devine Scripture

1 Corinthians 13:3

1 Corinthians chapter 13 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

Context

v.2And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

v.3This passage

v.4Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • John 12:43

    for they loved the glory that is of men more than the glory that is of God.

  • 1 Timothy 4:8

    for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

  • Acts 21:13

    Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • John 6:63

    It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.

  • John 15:13

    Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

  • Philippians 1:20

    according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.