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1 Corinthians 13
New King James Version
1 Corinthians 13
New King James Version
The Greatest Gift
13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of (A)prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, (B)so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And (C)though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body [a]to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
4 (D)Love suffers long and is (E)kind; love (F)does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not [b]puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, (G)does not seek its own, is not provoked, [c]thinks no evil; 6 (H)does not rejoice in iniquity, but (I)rejoices in the truth; 7 (J)bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9 (K)For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is [d]perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For (L)now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then (M)face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 13:3 NU so I may boast
- 1 Corinthians 13:4 arrogant
- 1 Corinthians 13:5 keeps no accounts of evil
- 1 Corinthians 13:10 complete
1 Korintierbrevet 13
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
1 Korintierbrevet 13
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
Den viktigaste egenskapen: att visa kärlek
13 Om jag har fått förmågan att tala andra språk, både människors och änglars, men inte visar kärlek, då liknar jag en gonggong eller en skrällande cymbal. 2 Om jag har fått profetians gåva och känner till alla hemligheter och har all kunskap, och om jag har en tro som är så stark att jag kan flytta berg, men inte har kärlek, då är jag ingenting. 3 Om jag ger allt jag äger till de fattiga, och låter mig brännas på bål, men inte har kärlek, då har jag ändå inte gjort något av värde.
4 Kärleken är tålmodig och mild. Kärleken är inte avundsjuk, skrytsam eller högmodig. 5 Den är inte oförskämd eller självisk. Den ilsknar inte till, och den är inte långsint. 6 Den gläds inte över någon orätt utan finner sin glädje i sanningen. 7 Den ger inte upp. Den tror allt, hoppas allt och uthärdar allt.
8 Kärleken upphör aldrig. Men den profetiska gåvan ska förgå, tal av andra språk tystna, och kunskapen[a] ska förgå. 9 Vår kunskap är bristfällig, och den profetiska gåvan likaså. 10 Men när det fullkomliga kommer, då förgås det bristfälliga.
11 När jag var barn talade och tänkte och resonerade jag som ett barn, men sedan jag blev vuxen lämnade jag det barnsliga. 12 Nu ser vi bara en suddig spegelbild, men då ska vi se ansikte mot ansikte. Nu är min kunskap bristfällig, men då ska jag ha fullständig kunskap, så som jag själv är fullständigt känd.
13 Nu består tro, hopp och kärlek, dessa tre. Men av dem är kärleken störst.
1 Corinthians 13
New International Version
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
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