13:1
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.
13:2
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.
13:3
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.
(13:4-6) Some nice thoughts about love (or charity as in the KJV).
(13:4) "Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up."
(13:5) "Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil."
(13:6) " Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth."
(13:8) "Prophecies ... shall fail."
Except for this one.
(13:11) "When I became a man, I put away childish things." (Like believing in the bible?) Is it good to be childish?
(13:13) "Faith, hope, and charity ... but the greatest of these is charity."
Charity (good works) is more important than faith.
13:4Charity suffereth long,
and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed
up,
13:5Doth not behave itself
unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
13:6Rejoiceth not in
iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
13:7
Beareth all things, believeth
all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
13:8
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.
13:9
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
13:10
But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall
be done away.
13:11
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.
13:12
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.
13:13
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but
the greatest of
these is charity.
