1 Corinthians 13

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1 Corinthians 13

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1 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. Family Friendship

2 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. Family Friendship

3 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. Family Friendship Pride

4 Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Godly Character Family Relationships Friendship Marriage Anger Love Kindness Abuse God’s Love Jealousy Patience Pride Resentment

5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Family Relationships Friendship Marriage Anger Love Kindness Abuse God’s Love Patience Resentment

6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Family Relationships Friendship Marriage Love Kindness God’s Love Patience Resentment

7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Family Perseverance Relationships Friendship Marriage Love Kindness God’s Love Patience Resentment

8 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. Family Friendship Love God’s Love

9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. Death Family Friendship Love Heaven

10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. Death Family Friendship Love Heaven

11 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. Death Family Friendship Love Heaven

12 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. Death Family Friendship Love Heaven

13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity. Faith Family Relationships Friendship Hope Love God’s Love

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