Verse
KJV
King James Version
ASV
American Standard Version
Though
I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and
have not charity
, I am become as
sounding brass, or a tinkling
cymbal.
If
I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but
have not love
, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging
cymbal.
And though
I have the gift of prophecy, and understand
all mysteries ,
and all knowledge; and though
I have all faith, so that
I
could
remove mountains, and
have not charity
, I am nothing.
And if
I have `
the gift of '
prophecy, and know
all mysteries and all knowledge; and if
I have all faith, so as
to
remove mountains, but
have not love
, I am nothing.
And though
I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though
I give my body to be burned, and
have not charity
, it profiteth me nothing.
And if
I bestow all my goods to feed `
the poor '
, and if
I give my body to be burned, but
have not love
, it profiteth me nothing.
Charity
suffereth long, and is kind; charity
envieth not; charity
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Love
suffereth long, `
and '
is kind; love
envieth not; love
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her
own, is not easily
provoked, thinketh
no
evil;
doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its
own, is not provoked, taketh
not
account
of
evil;
Rejoiceth not in iniquity
, but rejoiceth in
the truth;
rejoiceth not in unrighteousness
, but rejoiceth with
the truth;
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Charity
never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail
; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish
away.
Love
never faileth: but whether `
there be '
prophecies, they shall be
done
away
; whether `
there be '
tongues, they shall cease; whether `
there be '
knowledge, it shall be
done
away.
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part .
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part ;
But when that which is perfect is come, then
that which is in part shall be done away.
but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood
as a child, I thought as a child: but
when
I became
a man, I put away childish things.
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt
as a child, I thought as a child: now
that
I am
become
a man, I have
put away childish things.
For now we see through
a glass
, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am
known.
For now we see in
a mirror
, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully
even as also I was
fully
known.
And
now abideth faith, hope, charity
, these three; but
the greatest of these is charity
.
But
now abideth faith, hope, love
, these three; and
the greatest of these is love
.
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