1 Corintios 13
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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).
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 Corinthians 13
English Standard Version
The Way of Love
13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have (A)prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, (B)so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 (C)If I give away all I have, and (D)if I deliver up my body to be burned,[a] but have not love, I gain nothing.
4 (E)Love is patient and (F)kind; love (G)does not envy or boast; it (H)is not arrogant 5 or rude. It (I)does not insist on its own way; it (J)is not irritable or resentful;[b] 6 it (K)does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but (L)rejoices with the truth. 7 (M)Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, (N)endures all things.
8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For (O)we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but (P)when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12 For (Q)now we see in a mirror dimly, but (R)then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as (S)I have been fully known.
13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 13:3 Some manuscripts deliver up my body [to death] that I may boast
- 1 Corinthians 13:5 Greek irritable and does not count up wrongdoing
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