CHAPTER 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 vauntetha 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 truthb;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things,
endureth all things.
8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be
prophecies, they shall failc; 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 awayd.
11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a
child, I thoughte as a child: but when I became a man, I put away
childish things. 12 For now we see through a glass, darklyf;
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.
The
Holy Bible : King James Version. 1995. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems,
Inc.
a vaunteth...: or,
is not rash
b in the truth: or,
with the truth
c fail: Gr. vanish
away
d done away: Gr.
vanish away
e thought: or,
reasoned
f darkly: Gr. in a
riddle
