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King James Bible
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Youngs Literal Translation
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| 13:1 |
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. |
If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; |
| 13:2 |
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. |
and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing; |
| 13:3 |
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. |
and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing. |
| 13:4 |
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, |
The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, |
| 13:5 |
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; |
doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil, |
| 13:6 |
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; |
rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth; |
| 13:7 |
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. |
all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth. |
| 13:8 |
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. |
The love doth never fail; and whether `there be' prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless; |
| 13:9 |
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. |
for in part we know, and in part we prophecy; |
| 13:10 |
But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. |
and when that which is perfect may come, then that which `is' in part shall become useless. |
| 13:11 |
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. |
When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe; |
| 13:12 |
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. |
for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known; |
| 13:13 |
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. |
and now there doth remain faith, hope, love -- these three; and the greatest of these `is' love. |
