1 Corinthians 13

1If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell.

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

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 have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.

2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

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 give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.

3And 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.

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.

4Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

4Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely, is not puffed up,

5Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;

5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

5Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil:

6It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;

6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth:

7Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

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

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

8Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.

8Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

8Charity never falleth away: whether prophecies shall be made void or tongues shall cease or knowledge shall be destroyed.

9For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true:

9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

9For we know in part: and we prophesy in part.

10But when that which is complete is come, then that which is in part will be no longer necessary.

10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

10But when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.

11When I was a child, I made use of a child's language, I had a child's feelings and a child's thoughts: now that I am a man, I have put away the things of a child.

11When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

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.

12For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me.

12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

12We see now through a glass in a dark manner: but then face to face. Now I know in part: but then I shall know even as I am known.

13But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

13And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity.