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1 Corinthians 13

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am a booming gong or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so I could move mountains, and have not love, I am nothing. And though I give away everything I own to feed

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Without love I'm nothing

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am a booming gong or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so I could move mountains, and have not love, I am nothing. And though I give away everything I own to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profits me nothing.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and haven't got love, I've turned into sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I've got the gift of prophecy and understand all secrets and all knowledge, and though I've got all faith so I could move mountains, and haven't got love, I'm nothing. And though I hand out all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burnt, and haven't got love, it profits me nothing.

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. 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. 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.

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Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am a booming gong or a clanging cymbal.

Plain English

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and haven't got love, I've turned into sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

King James Version, 1611

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 I could move mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.

Plain English

And though I've got the gift of prophecy and understand all secrets and all knowledge, and though I've got all faith so I could move mountains, and haven't got love, I'm nothing.

King James Version, 1611

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 give away everything I own to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profits me nothing.

Plain English

And though I hand out all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burnt, and haven't got love, it profits me nothing.

King James Version, 1611

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.

What love is

Love is patient and kind. Love doesn't envy. Love doesn't boast, and isn't puffed up. It doesn't behave badly. It doesn't look out for itself. It isn't quick to take offence. It thinks no evil. It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love puts up with a lot and is kind. Love doesn't envy. Love doesn't boast itself, isn't puffed up. Doesn't behave itself in an unfitting way, doesn't look for its own, isn't easily stirred up, doesn't think evil. Doesn't celebrate in wrongdoing, but celebrates in the truth. Bears everything, believes everything, hopes everything, puts up with everything.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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Love is patient and kind. Love doesn't envy. Love doesn't boast, and isn't puffed up.

Plain English

Love puts up with a lot and is kind. Love doesn't envy. Love doesn't boast itself, isn't puffed up.

King James Version, 1611

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

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It doesn't behave badly. It doesn't look out for itself. It isn't quick to take offence. It thinks no evil.

Plain English

Doesn't behave itself in an unfitting way, doesn't look for its own, isn't easily stirred up, doesn't think evil.

King James Version, 1611

Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

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It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth.

Plain English

Doesn't celebrate in wrongdoing, but celebrates in the truth.

King James Version, 1611

Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

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It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Plain English

Bears everything, believes everything, hopes everything, puts up with everything.

King James Version, 1611

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

Love never fails

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will pass away. Where there are tongues, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will vanish away. Because we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when what is perfect comes, then what is in part will be done away with. 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 childish things. Because now we see through a glass, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I will know even as I am known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they'll fail. Whether there are tongues, they'll stop. Whether there's knowledge, it'll go away. Because we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when what's perfect has come, then what's in part will be done away. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But when I turned a man, I put away childish things. Because now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face. Now I know in part. But then I'll know the way I'm known too. And now stays faith, hope, love, these three. But the greatest of these is love.

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. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 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. 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. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

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Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will pass away. Where there are tongues, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

Plain English

Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they'll fail. Whether there are tongues, they'll stop. Whether there's knowledge, it'll go away.

King James Version, 1611

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

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

King James Version, 1611

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

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But when what is perfect comes, then what is in part will be done away with.

Plain English

But when what's perfect has come, then what's in part will be done away.

King James Version, 1611

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

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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 childish things.

Plain English

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But when I turned a man, I put away childish things.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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Because now we see through a glass, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I will know even as I am known.

Plain English

Because now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face. Now I know in part. But then I'll know the way I'm known too.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Plain English

And now stays faith, hope, love, these three. But the greatest of these is love.

King James Version, 1611

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.