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