1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels,
But do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or
A clanging cymbal. 2 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 do not have love, I am nothing.
3 And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor,
And if I surrender my body to be burned,
But do not have love, it profits me nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous;
Love does not brag and is not arrogant,
5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own,
Is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong
Suffered, 6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness,
But rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things,
Believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy,
They will be done away; if there are tongues,
They will cease; if there is knowledge,
It will be done away. 9 For we know in part and we
Prophesy in part; 10 but when the perfect comes,
The partial will be done away.
11 When I was a child, I used to speak like a child,
Think like a child, reason like a child; when I became
A man, I did away with childish things.
12 For now we see in a mirror dimly,
But then face to face; now I know in part,
But then I will know fully just as I also have been
Fully known. 13 But now faith,
Hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.