IF I SPEAK IN THE TONGUES OF MEN OR OF ANGELS, BUT DO NOT HAVE LOVE, I AM ONLY A RESOUNDING GONG OR A CLANGING CYMBAL.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:2
IF I HAVE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY AND CAN FATHOM ALL MYSTERIES AND ALL KNOWLEDGE, AND IF I HAVE A FAITH THAT CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS, BUT DO NOT HAVE LOVE, I AM NOTHING.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:3
IF I GIVE ALL I POSSESS TO THE POOR AND GIVE OVER MY BODY TO HARDSHIP THAT I MAY BOAST, BUT DO NOT HAVE LOVE, I GAIN NOTHING.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:4
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:5
IT DOES NOT DISHONOR OTHERS, IT IS NOT SELF-SEEKING, IT IS NOT EASILY ANGERED, IT KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:6
LOVE DOES NOT DELIGHT IN EVIL BUT REJOICES WITH THE TRUTH.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:7
IT ALWAYS PROTECTS, ALWAYS TRUSTS, ALWAYS HOPES, ALWAYS PERSEVERES.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:8
LOVE NEVER FAILS. BUT WHERE THERE ARE PROPHECIES, THEY WILL CEASE; WHERE THERE ARE TONGUES, THEY WILL BE STILLED; WHERE THERE IS KNOWLEDGE, IT WILL PASS AWAY.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:9
FOR WE KNOW IN PART AND WE PROPHESY IN PART,
1 CORINTHIANS 13:10
BUT WHEN COMPLETENESS COMES, WHAT IS IN PART DISAPPEARS.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:11
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 PUT THE WAYS OF CHILDHOOD BEHIND ME.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:12
FOR NOW WE SEE ONLY A 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.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.