1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
3And 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.
4And 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.
5And 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.
6And 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.
7Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
8Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
9Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
10Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
11Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
12Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
13Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
14Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
15Charity 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.
16Charity 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.
17For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
18For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
19But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
20But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
21When 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.
22When 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.
23For 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.
24For 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.
25And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
26And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.