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| [1]If I could speak in every tongue of men, and in that of angels, and there should be no love in me, I should be like brass that resoundeth, or the cymbal that maketh a noise. |
[1]If I could speak in every tongue of men, and in that of angels, and there should be no love in me, I should be like brass that resoundeth, or the cymbal that maketh a noise. |
| [2]And if there should be in me [the gift of] prophecy, and I should understand all the mysteries, and every science; and if there should be in me all faith, so that I could move mountains, and love should not be in me, I should be nothing. |
[2]And if there should be in me [the gift of] prophecy, and I should understand all the mysteries, and every science; and if there should be in me all faith, so that I could move mountains, and love should not be in me, I should be nothing. |
| [3]And if I should feed out to the destitute all I possess; and if I should give my body to be burned; and there should be no love in me, I gain nothing. |
[3]And if I should feed out to the destitute all I possess; and if I should give my body to be burned; and there should be no love in me, I gain nothing. |
| [4]Love is long-suffering, and is kind; love is not envious; love is not boisterous; and is not inflated; |
[4]Love is long-suffering, and is kind; love is not envious; love is not boisterous; and is not inflated; |
| [5]and doth nothing that causeth shame; and seeketh not her own; is not passionate; and thinketh no evil; |
[5]and doth nothing that causeth shame; and seeketh not her own; is not passionate; and thinketh no evil; |
| [6]rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; |
[6]rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; |
| [7]beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all, and endureth all. |
[7]beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all, and endureth all. |
| [8]Love will never cease. But prophesyings will end; and tongues will be silent; and knowledge will vanish. |
[8]Love will never cease. But prophesyings will end; and tongues will be silent; and knowledge will vanish. |
| [9]For we know but partially; and we prophesy but partially. |
[9]For we know but partially; and we prophesy but partially. |
| [10]But when completeness shall come, then that which is partial will vanish away. |
[10]But when completeness shall come, then that which is partial will vanish away. |
| [11]When I was a child, I talked as a child, and I reasoned as a child, and I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I laid aside the things of childhood. |
[11]When I was a child, I talked as a child, and I reasoned as a child, and I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I laid aside the things of childhood. |
| [12]And now we see, as by a mirror, in similitude; but then face to face: now I know partially; but then shall I know, just as I am known. |
[12]And now we see, as by a mirror, in similitude; but then face to face: now I know partially; but then shall I know, just as I am known. |
| [13]For these three things are abiding, faith, and hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love. |
[13]For these three things are abiding, faith, and hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love. |