1 Corinthians 13
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Berean Standard Bible
1If I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
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.
2And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
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.
3And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
3If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up;
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil;
5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth;
6Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.
7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8Charity never falleth away: whether prophecies shall be made void, or tongues shall cease, or knowledge shall be destroyed.
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.
9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
9For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
10But when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.
10but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away.
11When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But, when I became a man, I put away the things of a child.
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.
12We see now through a glass in a dark manner; but then face to face. Now I know I part; but then I shall know even as I am known.
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.
13And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
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