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.
13:2 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.
13:3 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.
13:4 Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not;
charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is
not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all
things, endureth all things.
13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether [there are] prophecies,
they shall fail; whether [there are] languages, they shall
cease; whether [there is] knowledge, it shall vanish away.
13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is
in part shall be done away.
13:11 When 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 childish things.
13:12 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.
13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the
greatest of these [is] charity.
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