1 Corinthians 13

1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.2 And 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 have not love, I am nothing.3 And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.4 Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;6 rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;7 beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.8 Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away.9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;10 but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.12 For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known.13 But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13

The Way of Love

1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.2 And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

3 If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast,s but do not have love, I receive no benefit.
4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.5 It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.6 It is not glad about injustice, but rejoices in the truth.

7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside.9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part,10 but when what is perfectt comes, the partial will be set aside.11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. But when I became an adult,t I set aside childish ways.12 For now we see in a mirror indirectly,t but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.

13 And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.