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“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
vaunteth 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 truth; 7 Beareth all
things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
“8 ¶ Charity 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. 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 away. 11 When 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. 12 For 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. 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these
three; but the greatest of these [is] charity.” (1 Corinthians 13:1-13
AV)
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