strkjv - 1Corinthians - 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.