1 Corinthians 13 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 13

If

I speak

in the

tongues

of men

and

of angels,

but

have

not

love,

I am

only a ringing

gong

or

a clanging

cymbal.

If

I have

the gift of prophecy

and

can fathom

all

mysteries

and

all

knowledge,

and

if

I have

absolute

faith

so as

to move

mountains,

but

have

not

love,

I am

nothing.

If

I give

all

I

possess to the poor

and

exult

in the surrender

of my

body,

but

have

not

love,

I gain

nothing.

Love

is patient,

love

is kind.

It

does not envy,

it does not boast,

it is not proud.

It is not rude,

it is not self-seeking,

it is not easily angered,

it keeps no account

of wrongs.

Love takes no pleasure

in

evil,

but

rejoices

in the

truth.

It bears

all things,

believes

all things,

hopes

all things,

endures

all things.

Love

never

fails.

But

where

there are prophecies,

they will cease;

where

there are tongues,

they will be restrained;

where

there is knowledge,

it will be dismissed.

For

we know

in

part

and

we prophesy

in

part,

but

when

the

perfect

comes,

the

partial

passes away.

When

I was

a child,

I talked

like

a child,

I thought

like

a child,

I reasoned

like

a child.

When

I became

a man,

I set aside

childish ways.

Now

we see

but a dim reflection

as in

a mirror;

then we shall see

face

to

face.

Now

I know

in

part;

then

I shall know fully,

even

as

I am fully known.

And

now

these

three

remain:

faith,

hope,

and love;

but

the greatest

of these is

love.

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