1 Corinthians 13 : 1 (NCV)
I may speak in different languagesn of people or even angels. But if I do not have love, I am only a noisy bell or a crashing cymbal.
1 Corinthians 13 : 2 (NCV)
I may have the gift of prophecy. I may understand all the secret things of God and have all knowledge, and I may have faith so great I can move mountains. But even with all these things, if I do not have love, then I am nothing.
1 Corinthians 13 : 3 (NCV)
I may give away everything I have, and I may even give my body as an offering to be burned. But I gain nothing if I do not have love.
1 Corinthians 13 : 4 (NCV)
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, and it is not proud.
1 Corinthians 13 : 5 (NCV)
Love is not rude, is not selfish, and does not get upset with others. Love does not count up wrongs that have been done.
1 Corinthians 13 : 6 (NCV)
Love is not happy with evil but is happy with the truth.
1 Corinthians 13 : 7 (NCV)
Love patiently accepts all things. It always trusts, always hopes, and always remains strong.
1 Corinthians 13 : 8 (NCV)
Love never ends. There are gifts of prophecy, but they will be ended. There are gifts of speaking in different languages, but those gifts will stop. There is the gift of knowledge, but it will come to an end.
1 Corinthians 13 : 9 (NCV)
The reason is that our knowledge and our ability to prophesy are not perfect.
1 Corinthians 13 : 10 (NCV)
But when perfection comes, the things that are not perfect will end.
1 Corinthians 13 : 11 (NCV)
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 stopped those childish ways.
1 Corinthians 13 : 12 (NCV)
It is the same with us. Now we see a dim reflection, as if we were looking into a mirror, but then we shall see clearly. Now I know only a part, but then I will know fully, as God has known me.
1 Corinthians 13 : 13 (NCV)
So these three things continue forever: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love.
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