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.

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 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.

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 though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned and have not charity, it profits 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 ¶ Charity suffers long and is benign; charity envies not; charity does nothing without due reason, is not puffed up,

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

5 i s not injurious, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil,

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

6 r ejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;

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

7 b ears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

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

8 ¶ Charity is never lost, but prophecies shall come to an end, tongues shall cease, and knowledge shall come to an end.

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, then 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 spoke 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 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 as through a mirror, in darkness, but then we shall see face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall know even as I also am 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 A nd now abide faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

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