哥林多前書 13
Chinese Standard Bible (Traditional)
愛——極其高超的道
13 如果我能說人間和天使的各種殊言[a]，卻沒有愛，
我就成了嘈雜的鑼、鳴響的鈸；
2 如果我有做先知傳道[b]的恩賜[c]，
也明白一切奧祕、一切知識，
並有全備的信，以致能移山，
卻沒有愛，我就一無所是；
3 即使我把自己所擁有的一切分給窮人，
又捨棄自己的身體被人焚燒[d]，
卻沒有愛，對我也毫無益處。
4 愛是恆久忍耐，又是仁慈；
愛是不嫉妒；
愛是不自誇、不自大；
5 不做不合宜的事，不求自己的益處，
不輕易動怒，不計算人的惡，
6 不為不義歡喜，而與真理同樂；
7 凡事包容，凡事相信，
凡事盼望，凡事忍耐。
8 愛是永不止息；
而做先知傳道[e]的恩賜[f]將被廢除，
殊言也將會停止，
知識也將被廢除，
9 因為我們所知道的有限，
我們做先知所傳的[g]也有限；
10 但那完全的來到時，
這有限的[h]就將被廢除。
11 當我做孩子的時候，說話像孩子，
心思像孩子，想法像孩子；
當我成人以後，就把那些屬孩子的事都廢除了；
12 如今我們對著鏡子觀看，模糊不清，
但那時候就要面對面了；
如今我所知道的有限，
但那時候就要完全知道了，就像我已經被完全知道那樣；
13 所以現在常存的有信、望、愛這三樣；
而其中更大的是愛。
Footnotes
- 哥林多前書 13:1 殊言——原文直譯「舌頭」；傳統譯法作「方言」。
- 哥林多前書 13:2 做先知傳道——原文直譯「說預言」。
- 哥林多前書 13:2 恩賜——輔助詞語。
- 哥林多前書 13:3 被人焚燒——有古抄本作「以致我能誇耀」。
- 哥林多前書 13:8 做先知傳道——原文直譯「說預言」。
- 哥林多前書 13:8 恩賜——輔助詞語。
- 哥林多前書 13:9 做先知所傳的——或譯作「說預言」。
- 哥林多前書 13:10 這有限的——或譯作「這屬於一部分的」。
1 Corinthians 13
Expanded Bible
Love Is the Greatest Gift
13 I may speak in ·different languages [L tongues; 12:10, 29, 30] of people or even angels. But if I do not have love, I am only a ·noisy [resounding] ·bell [gong] or a ·crashing [clanging] cymbal. 2 I may have the gift of prophecy. I may understand all ·the secret things of God [L mysteries] and have all knowledge, and I may have faith so great I can move mountains. But even with all these things, if I do not have love, then I am nothing. 3 I may give away everything I have, and I may even give my body ·as an offering to be burned [L to be burned].[a] But I gain nothing if I do not have love.
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not ·jealous [envious], it does not brag, and it is not ·proud [arrogant; conceited; puffed up]. 5 Love is not ·rude [disrespectful], is not ·selfish [self-serving], and ·does not get upset with others [is not easily provoked/angered]. Love does not ·count up [keep a record of] wrongs that have been done. 6 Love ·takes no pleasure [does not rejoice] in ·evil [wrongdoing; injustice] but rejoices over the truth. 7 Love ·patiently accepts all things [T bears all things; or always protects], ·always trusts [T believes all things], ·always hopes [T hopes all things], and ·always endures [T endures all things].
8 Love never ·ends [fails; falls short]. There are gifts of prophecy, but they will ·be ended [cease; pass away]. There are gifts of ·speaking in different languages [or ecstatic utterance; L tongues], but those gifts will ·stop [cease; fall silent]. There is the gift of knowledge, but it will ·come to an end [pass away; be set aside]. 9 ·The reason is that [For] ·our knowledge and our ability to prophesy are not perfect [L we know in part/imperfectly and we prophesy in part/incompletely]. 10 But when ·perfection [the perfect; completeness; wholeness] comes, the ·things that are not perfect [partial] will ·end [pass away; be set aside]. 11 When 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 ·stopped [set aside] those childish ways. 12 ·It is the same with us [L For…]. Now we see ·a dim reflection [obscurely; or indirectly], ·as if we were looking into a mirror [T through a glass darkly], but then we shall see ·clearly [L face to face]. Now I know only a part, but then I will know fully, as ·God has known me [L I am fully known]. 13 So these three things ·continue forever [endure; remain]: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 13:3 give… burned Other Greek copies read “hand over my body in order that I may brag.”
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