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Coptic New Testament (Bohairic)
Berean Standard Bible
1ⲈϢⲰⲠ ⲀⲒϢⲀⲚⲤⲀϪⲒ ϦⲈⲚⲪⲖⲀⲤ ⲚⲦⲈⲚⲒⲢⲰⲘⲒ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲪⲀ ⲚⲒⲀⲄⲄⲈⲖⲞⲤ ⲘⲘⲞⲚϮ ⲀⲄⲀⲠⲎ ⲆⲈ ⲘⲘⲀⲨ ⲀⲒⲈⲢ ⲘⲪⲢⲎϮ ⲚⲞⲨϨⲞⲘⲦ ⲈϤⲤⲈⲚⲤⲈⲚ ⲒⲈ ⲞⲨⲔⲨⲘⲂⲀⲖⲞⲚ ⲈϤⲈϢⲖⲎⲖⲞⲨⲒ.
1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.
2ⲔⲀⲚ ⲈⲞⲨⲞⲚ ⲚⲦⲎⲒ ⲚⲞⲨⲠⲢⲞⲪⲎⲦⲒⲀ ⲈⲒⲤⲰⲞⲨⲚ ⲚⲚⲒⲘⲨⲤⲦⲎⲢⲒⲞⲚ ⲦⲎⲢⲞⲨ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲠⲈⲘⲒ ⲦⲎⲢϤ ⲔⲀⲚ ⲈⲢⲈ ⲪⲚⲀϨϮ ⲦⲎⲢϤ ⲚⲦⲞⲦ ϨⲰⲤⲦⲈ ⲈⲞⲨⲰⲦⲈⲂ ⲚϨⲀⲚⲦⲰⲞⲨ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ⲘⲘⲞⲚϮ ⲀⲄⲀⲠⲎ ⲆⲈ ⲘⲘⲀⲨ ⲀⲚⲞⲔ ϨⲖⲒ.
2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3ⲔⲀⲚ ⲀⲒϢⲀⲚϮ ⲚⲚⲎ ⲈⲦⲈ ⲚⲞⲨⲒ ⲦⲎⲢⲞⲨ ⲈⲐⲢⲞⲨⲞⲨⲞⲘⲞⲨ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲚⲦⲀϮ ⲘⲠⲀⲔⲈⲤⲰⲘⲀ ϨⲒⲚⲀ ⲚⲦⲀϢⲞⲨϢⲞⲨ ⲘⲘⲞⲚϮ ⲀⲄⲀⲠⲎ ⲆⲈ ⲘⲘⲀⲨ ⲚϮϪⲈⲘϨⲎⲞⲨ ⲚϨⲖⲒ ⲀⲚ.
3If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4ϮⲀⲄⲀⲠⲎ ϢⲀⲤⲰⲞⲨ ⲚϨⲎⲦ ϢⲀⲤⲈⲢϨⲈⲖϪⲈ ϮⲀⲄⲀⲠⲎ ⲘⲠⲀⲤⲬⲞϨ ϮⲀⲄⲀⲠⲎ ⲘⲠⲀⲤⲈⲢⲠⲈⲢⲠⲈⲢⲞⲤ ⲘⲠⲀⲤϬⲒⲤⲒ ⲚϨⲎⲦ.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5ⲘⲠⲀⲤϬⲒϢⲒⲠⲒ ⲘⲠⲀⲤⲔⲰϮ ⲚⲤⲀⲚⲎ ⲈⲦⲈ ⲚⲞⲨⲤ ⲘⲠⲀⲤϪⲰⲚⲦ ⲘⲠⲀⲤⲘⲈⲨⲒ ⲈⲠⲒⲠⲈⲦϨⲰⲞⲨ.
5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
6ⲘⲠⲀⲤⲢⲀϢⲒ ⲈϪⲈⲚ ⲐⲘⲈⲦϬⲒⲚϪⲞⲚⲤ ϢⲀⲤⲢⲀϢⲒ ⲆⲈ ⲈϪⲈⲚ ⲐⲘⲎⲒ.
6Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.
7ϢⲀⲤⲰⲞⲨ ⲚϨⲎⲦ ϦⲈⲚϨⲰⲂ ⲚⲒⲂⲈⲚ ϢⲀⲤⲚⲀϨϮ ϦⲈⲚϨⲰⲂ ⲚⲒⲂⲈⲚ ϢⲀⲤⲈⲢϨⲈⲖⲠⲒⲤ ϦⲈⲚϨⲰⲂ ⲚⲒⲂⲈⲚ ϢⲀⲤⲀⲘⲞⲚⲒ ⲚⲦⲞⲦⲤ ϦⲈⲚϨⲰⲂ ⲚⲒⲂⲈⲚ.
7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8ϮⲀⲄⲀⲠⲎ ⲘⲠⲀⲤϨⲈⲒ ⲈⲚⲈϨ ⲒⲦⲈ ⲚⲒⲠⲢⲞⲪⲎ ⲦⲒⲀ ⲤⲈⲚⲀⲔⲰⲢϤ ⲒⲦⲈ ⲚⲒⲖⲀⲤ ⲤⲈⲚⲀⲖⲞϪⲞⲨ ⲒⲦⲈ ⲞⲨⲈⲘⲒ ⲠⲈ ϤⲚⲀⲔⲰⲢϤ.
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.
9ϦⲈⲚ ⲞⲨⲘⲈⲢⲞⲤ ⲄⲀⲢ ⲦⲈⲚⲈⲘⲒ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ϦⲈⲚⲞⲨⲘⲈⲢⲞⲤ ⲦⲈⲚⲈⲢⲠⲢⲞⲪⲎⲦⲈⲨⲒⲚ.
9For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
10ⲈϢⲰⲠ ⲆⲈ ⲀϤϢⲀⲚⲒ ⲚϪⲈⲠⲒⲦⲈⲖⲒⲞⲚ ⲠⲒⲀⲠⲞⲘⲈⲢⲞⲤ ϤⲚⲀⲔⲰⲢϤ.
10but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away.
11ⲈⲒⲞⲒ ⲚⲀⲖⲞⲨ ⲚⲀⲒⲤⲀϪⲒ ⲠⲈ ⲘⲪⲢⲎϮ ⲚⲞⲨⲀⲖⲞⲨ ⲚⲀⲒⲤⲞϬⲚⲒ ⲠⲈ ⲘⲪⲢⲎϮ ⲚⲞⲨⲀⲖⲞⲨ ⲚⲀⲒⲘⲈⲨⲒ ⲠⲈ ⲘⲪⲢⲎϮ ⲚⲞⲨⲀⲖⲞⲨ ϨⲞⲦⲈ ⲈⲦⲀⲒⲈⲢⲢⲰⲘⲒ ⲀⲒⲔⲰⲢϤ ⲚⲚⲀ ϮⲘⲈⲦⲀⲖⲞⲨ.
11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.
12ⲦⲈⲚⲚⲀⲨ ⲄⲀⲢ ϮⲚⲞⲨ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϨⲒⲦⲈⲚ ⲞⲨⲒⲀⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲞⲨⲐⲞⲚⲦⲈⲚ ⲦⲞⲦⲈ ⲦⲈⲚⲚⲀⲚⲀⲨ ⲚϨⲞ ⲞⲨⲂⲈ ϨⲞ ⲀⲒⲈⲘⲒ ϮⲚⲞⲨ ϦⲈⲚⲞⲨⲘⲈⲢⲞⲤ ϦⲈⲚⲠⲒⲤⲎⲞⲨ ⲆⲈ ϮⲚⲀⲈⲘⲒ ⲔⲀⲦⲀ ⲪⲢⲎϮ ⲈⲦⲀⲨⲤⲞⲨⲰⲚⲦ.
12Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13ϮⲚⲞⲨ ⲆⲈ ⲠⲀⲒⲄ ⲤⲈⲤⲘⲞⲚⲦ ⲪⲚⲀϨϮ ϮϨⲈⲖⲠⲒⲤ ⲦⲀⲄⲀⲠⲎ ⲠⲈⲐⲚⲀⲀϤ ⲆⲈ ϦⲈⲚⲚⲀⲒ ⲠⲈ ϮⲀⲄⲀⲠⲎ.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
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