The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians

⭑ Literal Standard Version :: World English Bible Catholic ⭑

- Chapter 13 -

If I speak with the tongues of men and of messengers, and do not have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal;

and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, and do not have love, I am nothing;

and if I give away all my goods to feed others, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and do not have love, I am profited nothing.

Love is long-suffering, it is kind, love does not envy, love does not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

does not act unseemly, does not seek its own things, is not provoked, does not impute evil,

[does] not rejoice over unrighteousness, and rejoices with the truth;

it bears all things, it believes all, it hopes all, it endures all.

Love never fails; and whether [there be] prophecies, they will become useless; whether tongues, they will cease; whether knowledge, it will become useless;

for we know in part, and we prophesy in part;

and when that which is perfect may come, then that which [is] in part will become useless.

When I was a child, I was speaking as a child, I was thinking as a child, I was reasoning as a child, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the child;

for we now see obscurely through a mirror, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I will fully know, as I was also known;

and now there remains faith, hope, love—these three; and the greatest of these [is] love.

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

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 don’t have love, I am nothing.

If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.

Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

For we know in part and we prophesy in part;

but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.