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.

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling;

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 if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not 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 profiteth me nothing.

and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.

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

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

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

doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

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

rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth;

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

all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

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.

The love doth never fail; and whether prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless;

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

for in part we know, and in part we prophecy;

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

and when that which is perfect may come, then that which in part shall become useless.

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 babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;

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 we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known;

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

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love -- these three; and the greatest of these love.