1 Corinthians 13
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
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.
1Si linguis hominum loquar, et angelorum, caritatem autem non habeam, factus sum velut æs sonans, aut cymbalum tinniens.
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.
2Et si habuero prophetiam, et noverim mysteria omnia, et omnem scientiam: et si habuero omnem fidem ita ut montes transferam, caritatem autem non habuero, nihil sum.
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.
3Et si distribuero in cibos pauperum omnes facultates meas, et si tradidero corpus meum ita ut ardeam, caritatem autem non habuero, nihil mihi prodest.
4Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up;
4Caritas patiens est, benigna est. Caritas non æmulatur, non agit perperam, non inflatur,
5Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil;
5non est ambitiosa, non quærit quæ sua sunt, non irritatur, non cogitat malum,
6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth;
6non gaudet super iniquitate, congaudet autem veritati:
7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
7omnia suffert, omnia credit, omnia sperat, omnia sustinet.
8Charity never falleth away: whether prophecies shall be made void, or tongues shall cease, or knowledge shall be destroyed.
8Caritas numquam excidit: sive prophetiæ evacuabuntur, sive linguæ cessabunt, sive scientia destruetur.
9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
9Ex parte enim cognoscimus, et ex parte prophetamus.
10But when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.
10Cum autem venerit quod perfectum est, evacuabitur quod ex parte est.
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.
11Cum essem parvulus, loquebar ut parvulus, sapiebam ut parvulus, cogitabam ut parvulus. Quando autem factus sum vir, evacuavi quæ erant parvuli.
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.
12Videmus nunc per speculum in ænigmate: tunc autem facie ad faciem. Nunc cognosco ex parte: tunc autem cognoscam sicut et cognitus sum.
13And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity.
13Nunc autem manent fides, spes, caritas, tria hæc: major autem horum est caritas.
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