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1 Corinthians 13:3-8
New King James Version
1 Corinthians 13:3-8
New King James Version
3 And (A)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 (B)Love suffers long and is (C)kind; love (D)does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not [b]puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, (E)does not seek its own, is not provoked, [c]thinks no evil; 6 (F)does not rejoice in iniquity, but (G)rejoices in the truth; 7 (H)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.
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- 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 13:3-8
English Standard Version
1 Corinthians 13:3-8
English Standard Version
3 (A)If I give away all I have, and (B)if I deliver up my body to be burned,[a] but have not love, I gain nothing.
4 (C)Love is patient and (D)kind; love (E)does not envy or boast; it (F)is not arrogant 5 or rude. It (G)does not insist on its own way; it (H)is not irritable or resentful;[b] 6 it (I)does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but (J)rejoices with the truth. 7 (K)Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, (L)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.
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- 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
1 Corinthians 13:3-8
New American Standard Bible
1 Corinthians 13:3-8
New American Standard Bible
3 And if I (A)give away all my possessions to charity, and if I (B)surrender my body so that I may [a]glory, but do not have love, it does me no good.
4 Love (C)is patient, love is kind, it (D)is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not (E)arrogant. 5 It does not act disgracefully, it (F)does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, (G)does not keep an account of a wrong suffered, 6 (H)it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but (I)rejoices with the truth; 7 it [b](J)keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of [c](K)prophecy, they will be done away with; if there are (L)tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away with.
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- 1 Corinthians 13:3 I.e., in martyrdom
- 1 Corinthians 13:7 Lit covers all things
- 1 Corinthians 13:8 Lit prophecies
1 Corinthians 13:3-8
New International Version
1 Corinthians 13:3-8
New International Version
3 If I give all I possess to the poor(A) and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[a](B) but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient,(C) love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.(D) 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,(E) it is not easily angered,(F) it keeps no record of wrongs.(G) 6 Love does not delight in evil(H) but rejoices with the truth.(I) 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.(J)
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies,(K) they will cease; where there are tongues,(L) they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
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- 1 Corinthians 13:3 Some manuscripts body to the flames
1 Corinthians 13:3-8
New Living Translation
1 Corinthians 13:3-8
New Living Translation
3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it;[a] but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
8 Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages[b] and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever!
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