1 Corinthians 12:31-13:4

New American Standard Bible

³¹ But ^(A)earnestly desire the greater gifts.

And yet, I am going to show you a far better way.

The Excellence of Love

13 If I speak with the ^(B)tongues of mankind and of ^(C)angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a ^(D)clanging cymbal. ² If I have the gift of ^(E)prophecy and know all ^(F)mysteries and all ^(G)knowledge, and if I have ^(H)all faith so as to ^(I)remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. ³ And if I ^(J)give away all my possessions to charity, and if I ^(K)surrender my body so that I may ^[a]glory, but do not have love, it does me no good.

⁴ Love ^(L)is patient, love is kind, it ^(M)is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not ^(N)arrogant.