1 T hough I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

¶ 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.

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.

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.

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 profiteth me 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 profits me nothing.

4 C harity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

¶ Charity suffers long and is benign; charity envies not; charity does nothing without due reason, is not puffed up,

5 D oth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

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

6 R ejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in 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 C harity 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.

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

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 perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

11 W hen 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 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.

12 F or 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 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.

13 A nd now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

And now abide faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.