If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[a] but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 13:3 Some manuscripts body to the flames