1 Corinthians 13
Contemporary English Version, 2006
Translation: CEVD
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Love
1What if I could speak all languages of humans and even of angels? If I did not love others, I would be nothing more than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.Select 1 Corinthians 13:1
2What if I could prophesy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge? And what if I had faith that moved mountains? I would be nothing, unless I loved others.Select 1 Corinthians 13:2
3What if I gave away all that I owned and let myself be burned alive? I would gain nothing, unless I loved others.Select 1 Corinthians 13:3
4Love is patient and kind, never jealous, boastful, proud, orSelect 1 Corinthians 13:4
5rude. Love isn't selfish or quick tempered. It doesn't keep a record of wrongs that others do.Select 1 Corinthians 13:5
6Love rejoices in the truth, but not in evil.Select 1 Corinthians 13:6
7Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful, and trusting.Select 1 Corinthians 13:7
8Love never fails! Everyone who prophesies will stop, and unknown languages will no longer be spoken. All that we know will be forgotten.Select 1 Corinthians 13:8
9We don't know everything, and our prophecies are not complete.Select 1 Corinthians 13:9
10But what is perfect will someday appear, and what isn't perfect will then disappear.Select 1 Corinthians 13:10
11When we were children, we thought and reasoned as children do. But when we grew up, we quit our childish ways.Select 1 Corinthians 13:11
12Now all we can see of God is like a cloudy picture in a mirror. Later we will see him face to face. We don't know everything, but then we will, just as God completely understands us.Select 1 Corinthians 13:12
13For now there are faith, hope, and love. But of these three, the greatest is love.Select 1 Corinthians 13:13
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