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Corinthians 13
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.
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