Bible, King James Version
1_Corinthians
1Cor.13
[1] 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.
[2] And 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.
[3] 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.
[4] Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth
not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
[5] Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own,
is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
[6] Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the
truth;
[7] Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all
things, endureth all things.
[8] Charity 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.
[9] For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
[10] But when that which is perfect is come, then that
which is in part shall be done away.
[11] When 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.
[12] For 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.
[13] And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three;
but the greatest of these is charity.
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