1 Corinthians 13 - Meaning & Verses

"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."

"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 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."

"Charity suffereth long, {and} is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, {vaunteth...: or, is not rash}"

1 Corinthians 13:4 teaches us that love is patient and kind, without jealousy or arrogance. In everyday life, this means being patient with friends and family, showing kindness even when …

"Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;"

"Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; {in the truth: or, with the truth}"

"Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."

"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. {fail: Gr. vanish away}"

"For we know in part, and we prophesy in part."

"But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. {done away: Gr. vanish away}"

"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. {thought: or, reasoned} {put away: Gr. vanish away}"

"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. {darkly: Gr. in a riddle}"

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