Verse 1

1 Corinthians 13:1

Bible in Basic English

1 If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell.

Original Language Text

greek

Ἐὰν ταῖς γλώσσαις τῶν ἀνθρώπων λαλῶ καὶ τῶν ἀγγέλων, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, γέγονα χαλκὸς ἠχῶν ἢ κύμβαλον ἀλαλάζον.

English Translation

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

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Chapter 13 Context

1 If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a...

2 And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, b... Focus ↗

3 And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is... Focus ↗

4 Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself,... Focus ↗

5 Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no... Focus ↗

6 It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true; Focus ↗

7 Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things. Focus ↗

8 Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more va... Focus ↗

9 For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true: Focus ↗

10 But when that which is complete is come, then that which is in part will be no longer necessary. Focus ↗

11 When I was a child, I made use of a child's language, I had a child's feelings and a child's thought... Focus ↗

12 For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then i... Focus ↗

13 But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love. Focus ↗

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