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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. (13:2) 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 profiteth me nothing. (13:3) Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, (13:4) Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; (13:5) Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; (13:6) Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. (13:7) Charity 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. (13:8) For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. (13:9) But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. (13:10) When 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. (13:11) For 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. (13:12) And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity.
(13:13)
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