1 Corinthians 13

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1. 1 Corinthians 13:1KJV 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.NIV If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
2. 1 Corinthians 13:3KJV 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.NIV If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
3. 1 Corinthians 13:5KJV Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;NASB It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered,
4. 1 Corinthians 13:7KJV Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.NASB it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
5. 1 Corinthians 13:12KJV 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.NIV For now we see only a 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.
6. 1 Corinthians 13:13KJV And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.NIV And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.