1 I f I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

2 A nd 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.

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 don’t have love, I am nothing.

3 A nd 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.

If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.

4 L ove suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

5 d oth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;

doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

6 r ejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;

doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

7 b eareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 L ove 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.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

9 F or we know in part, and we prophesy in part;

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;

10 b ut when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.

but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.

11 W hen 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.

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.

12 F or 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.

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

13 B ut now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.