Verse 3
1 Corinthians 13:3
New Living Translation
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If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.
Original Language Text
greek
⸂καὶ ἐὰν⸃ ψωμίσω πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντά μου, ⸄καὶ ἐὰν⸃ παραδῶ τὸ σῶμά μου, ἵνα ⸀καυθήσομαι, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐδὲν ὠφελοῦμαι.
English Translation
And if I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body to be burned, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 13 Context
1
If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a...
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If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God (Elohim)’s secret plans and possessed...
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3
If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if...
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Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud
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or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronge...
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It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
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Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
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8
Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will...
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9
Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the...
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10
But when the time of perfection comes, these partial things will become useless.
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11
When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away chil...
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12
Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everythin...
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13
Three things will last forever — faith, hope, and love — and the greatest of these is love.
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Verse Information
- Book
- 1 Corinthians
- Chapter
- Chapter 13 (13 verses)
- Version
- New Living Translation