1 Corinthians 13
Legacy Standard Bible
The Excellence of Love
13 If I speak with the (A)tongues of men and of (B)angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a (C)clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have the gift of (D)prophecy, and know all (E)mysteries and all (F)knowledge; and if I have (G)all faith, so as to (H)remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 And if I (I)give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I (J)surrender my body [a]to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
4 Love (K)is patient, love is kind, (L)is not jealous, does not brag, is not (M)puffed up; 5 it does not act unbecomingly, (N)does not seek its own, is not provoked, (O)does not take into account a wrong suffered; 6 (P)it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but (Q)rejoices with the truth; 7 [b](R)it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails, but if there are gifts of [c](S)prophecy, they will be done away; if there are (T)tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. 9 For we (U)know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the [d]perfect comes, the partial will be done away. 11 When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child. When I [e]became a man, I did away with childish things. 12 For now we (V)see in a mirror [f]dimly, but then (W)face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also (X)have been fully known. 13 But now abide faith, hope, love—these three; but the [g]greatest of these is (Y)love.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 13:3 Some early mss that I may boast
- 1 Corinthians 13:7 Or covers
- 1 Corinthians 13:8 Lit prophecies
- 1 Corinthians 13:10 Or mature
- 1 Corinthians 13:11 Lit have become...have done away with
- 1 Corinthians 13:12 Lit in a riddle
- 1 Corinthians 13:13 Lit greater
1 Corinthians 13
New International Version
13 If I speak in the tongues[a](A) of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy(B) and can fathom all mysteries(C) and all knowledge,(D) and if I have a faith(E) that can move mountains,(F) but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor(G) and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b](H) but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient,(I) love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.(J) 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,(K) it is not easily angered,(L) it keeps no record of wrongs.(M) 6 Love does not delight in evil(N) but rejoices with the truth.(O) 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.(P)
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies,(Q) they will cease; where there are tongues,(R) they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part(S) and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes,(T) what is in part disappears. 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 put the ways of childhood(U) behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror;(V) then we shall see face to face.(W) Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.(X)
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.(Y) But the greatest of these is love.(Z)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 13:1 Or languages
- 1 Corinthians 13:3 Some manuscripts body to the flames
1 Corintios 13
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Excelencia del amor
13 Si yo hablara lenguas humanas(A) y angélicas(B), pero no tengo amor, he llegado a ser como metal que resuena o címbalo que retiñe(C). 2 Y si tuviera el don de profecía(D), y entendiera todos los misterios(E) y todo conocimiento(F), y si tuviera toda la fe(G) como para trasladar montañas(H), pero no tengo amor, nada soy. 3 Y si diera todos mis bienes(I) para dar de comer a los pobres, y si entregara mi cuerpo para ser quemado[a](J), pero no tengo amor, de nada me aprovecha.
4 El amor es paciente, es bondadoso(K). El amor no tiene envidia[b](L); el amor no es jactancioso, no es arrogante(M). 5 No se porta indecorosamente; no busca lo suyo(N), no se irrita, no toma en cuenta el mal recibido(O). 6 El amor no se regocija de la injusticia(P), sino que se alegra con la verdad(Q). 7 Todo lo sufre[c], todo lo cree, todo lo espera, todo lo soporta(R).
8 El amor nunca deja de ser. Pero si hay dones de profecía[d](S), se acabarán; si hay lenguas(T), cesarán; si hay conocimiento, se acabará. 9 Porque en parte conocemos(U), y en parte profetizamos; 10 pero cuando venga lo perfecto, lo incompleto se acabará. 11 Cuando yo era niño, hablaba como niño, pensaba como niño, razonaba como niño; pero cuando llegué a ser hombre, dejé las cosas de niño.
12 Porque ahora vemos por un espejo, veladamente[e](V), pero entonces veremos cara a cara(W). Ahora conozco en parte, pero entonces conoceré plenamente, como he sido conocido(X). 13 Y ahora permanecen la fe, la esperanza, el amor: estos tres; pero el mayor de ellos es el amor(Y).
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