Verse 1

1 Corinthians 13:1

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

1 If I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

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 speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding bra...

2 And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I should have... Focus ↗

3 And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burn... Focus ↗

4 Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up; Focus ↗

5 Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil; Focus ↗

6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth; Focus ↗

7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Focus ↗

8 Charity never falleth away: whether prophecies shall be made void, or tongues shall cease, or knowle... Focus ↗

9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. Focus ↗

10 But when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away. Focus ↗

11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But, when I b... Focus ↗

12 We see now through a glass in a dark manner; but then face to face. Now I know I part; but then I sh... Focus ↗

13 And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity. Focus ↗

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