Verse 1

1 Corinthians 13:1

American Standard Version

1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging 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, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or...

2 And if I have [the gift of] prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all fa... Focus ↗

3 And if I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and if I give my body to be burned, but have not lo... Focus ↗

4 Love suffereth long, [and] is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Focus ↗

5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil; Focus ↗

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

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

8 Love never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall be done away; whether [there be] t... 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 spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am becom... Focus ↗

12 For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know... Focus ↗

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

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