1 Corinthians 13:1 — 1 Corinthians 14:11
1 If I speak in the atongues of men and of angels but do not have blove, I have become 1sounding brass or a 1clanging cymbal.
2 And if I have the gift of aprophecy and know all bmysteries and all cknowledge, and if I have all dfaith so as to eremove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
3 And if I adole out all my possessions to feed others, and if I 1deliver up my bbody 2that I may boast, but do not have love, I profit nothing.
4 1aLove bsuffers long. Love is kind; it is not cjealous. Love does not dbrag and is not epuffed up;
5 It does not behave unbecomingly and does not aseek its own things; it is not provoked and does not take account of evil;
6 It does anot rejoice because of 1unrighteousness, but brejoices with the 1ctruth;
7 It 1acovers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 aLove 1never falls away. But whether bprophecies, they will be rendered useless; or ctongues, they will cease; or dknowledge, it will be rendered useless.
9 For we aknow in part, and we prophesy in part;
10 But 1when that which is 2complete comes, 3that which is in part will be rendered useless.
11 1When I was a 2achild, I spoke as a child, I thought as a bchild, I 3reasoned as a child; 4since I have become a man, I have done away with childish things.
12 For 1now we see 2in a amirror 3obscurely, but at 4that time bface to face; 1now I cknow in part, but at 4that time I will fully dknow even as also I was fully known.
13 Now there abide 1afaith, bhope, clove, these three; and the greatest of these is dlove.
CHAPTER 14
1 1aPursue blove, and 2cdesire earnestly dspiritual gifts, but especially that you may 3eprophesy.
2 1For he who speaks in a atongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one hears, but in his bspirit he speaks cmysteries.
3 But he who prophesies speaks 1abuilding up and encouragement and consolation to men.
4 He who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but he who prophesies 1abuilds up the bchurch.
5 I desire that you all speak in tongues, but especially that you would aprophesy; and bgreater is he who prophesies than he who speaks in tongues, unless he cinterprets, that the church may receive building up.
6 But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in atongues, what will I bprofit you, unless I speak to you either in crevelation or in dknowledge or in eprophecy or in fteaching?
7 Yet even 1lifeless things, whether flute or harp, in giving a sound, if they give 2no distinction in the tones, how will what is played on the flute or on the harp be known?
8 For also if the atrumpet gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for bbattle?
9 So also you, unless you give with the tongue a word easy to understand, how will what is being said be known? For you will be speaking into the aair.
10 There are perhaps many kinds of 1voices in the world, and not one is 2without significance.
11 If then I do not know the 1meaning of the voice, I will be to him who is speaking a 2barbarian, and he who is speaking a 2abarbarian to me.