1 Corinthians 13

1 If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell.

If 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 if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.

And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

3 And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.

And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

4 Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up;

5 Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;

Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil;

6 It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;

Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth;

7 Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

8 Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.

Charity never falleth away: whether prophecies shall be made void, or tongues shall cease, or knowledge shall be destroyed.

9 For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true:

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

10 But when that which is complete is come, then that which is in part will be no longer necessary.

But when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.

11 When I was a child, I made use of a child's language, I had a child's feelings and a child's thoughts: now that I am a man, I have put away the things of a child.

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But, when I became a man, I put away the things of a child.

12 For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me.

We see now through a glass in a dark manner; but then face to face. Now I know I part; but then I shall know even as I am known.

13 But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity.