1 CORINTHIANS Chapter 13 - Love

Love

AND NOW I WILL SHOW YOU THE MOST EXCELLENT WAY.

If I speak in the Tongues of men and of angels,

But have not love,

I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

2 If I have the Gift of Prophecy

And can Fathom all Mysteries and all Knowledge,

And If I have a Faith that can move mountains,

BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, I AM NOTHING.

3 If I give all I possess to the poor

And surrender my body to the flames,

BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, I GAIN NOTHING.

4 Love is Patient, love is Kind.

It does not Envy, it does not Boast,

It is not Proud.

5 It is not Rude, it is not Self-seeking,

It is not easily angered,

It keeps no record of Wrongs.

6 Love does not Delight in Evil

BUT REJOICES WITH THE TRUTH.

7 IT ALWAYS PROTECTS, ALWAYS TRUSTS,

ALWAYS HOPES, ALWAYS PERSEVERES.

8 LOVE NEVER FAILS.

But where there are Prophecies, they will Cease;

Where there are Tongues, they will be Stilled;

Where there is Knowledge,

IT WILL PASS AWAY.

9 FOR WE KNOW IN PART

AND WE PROPHECY IN PART,

10 BUT WHEN PERFECTION COMES,

THE IMPERFECT DISAPPEARS.

11 When I was a Child,

I talked like a Child,

I Reasoned like a Child.

When I became a man,

I put Childish ways behind me.

12 NOW WE SEE BUT A POOR REFLECTION;

THEN WE SHALL SEE FACE TO FACE.

NOW I KNOW IN PART;

THEN I SHALL KNOW FULLY,

EVEN AS I AM FULLY KNOWN.

13 AND NOW THESE THREE REMAIN:

FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE.

BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE.

(1 Corinthians 13)