1 Corinthians 12:27-13:3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.(A) 28 And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues.(B) 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work powerful deeds? 30 Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?(C) 31 But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.(D)
The Gift of Love
13 If I speak in the tongues of humans and of angels but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.(E) 3 If I give away all my possessions and if I hand over my body so that I may boast[a] but do not have love, I gain nothing.(F)
Footnotes
- 13.3 Other ancient authorities read body to be burned
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