1 Corinthians 13:3-13

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[a] 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;[b]
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;[c] 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.[d]
11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought[e] as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12 For now we see through a glass, darkly*;[f] 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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  • [a]. vaunteth...: or, is not rash
  • [b]. in the truth: or, with the truth
  • [c]. fail: Gr. vanish away
  • [d]. done away: Gr. vanish away
  • [e]. thought: or, reasoned
  • [f]. darkly: Gr. in a riddle
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