^{1 Ref} 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.

^{2 Ref} And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.

^{3 Ref} 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 of no profit to me.

^{4 Ref} Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

^{5 Ref} Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;

^{6 Ref} It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;

^{7 Ref} Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

^{8 Ref} Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.

^{9 Ref} For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true:

^{10 Ref} But when that which is complete is come, then that which is in part will be no longer necessary.

^{11 Ref} When I was a child, I made use of a child's language, I had a child's feelings and a child's thoughts: now that I am a man, I have put away the things of a child.

^{12 Ref} For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me.

^{13 Ref} But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

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

^{2 Ref} And if I have `the gift of' prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

^{3 Ref} And if I bestow all my goods to feed `the poor', and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

^{4 Ref} Love suffereth long, `and' is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

^{5 Ref} doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;

^{6 Ref} rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;

^{7 Ref} beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

^{8 Ref} Love never faileth: but whether `there be' prophecies, they shall be done away; whether `there be' tongues, they shall cease; whether `there be' knowledge, it shall be done away.

^{9 Ref} For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;

^{10 Ref} but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.

^{11 Ref} When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.

^{12 Ref} For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known.

^{13 Ref} But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

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

^{2 Ref} And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

^{3 Ref} And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

^{4 Ref} Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

^{5 Ref} Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

^{6 Ref} Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

^{7 Ref} Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

^{8 Ref} Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

^{9 Ref} For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

^{10 Ref} But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

^{11 Ref} When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

^{12 Ref} For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

^{13 Ref} And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.