King James Version KJV
New King James Version NKJV
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.
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Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging 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.
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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, but have not love, 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.
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And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
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Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
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does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
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does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
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bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures 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.
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Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
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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.
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But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will 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.
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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.
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.
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For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
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And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
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