1 Corinthians 13

1If I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

2And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

3And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

4Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up;

5Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil;

6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth;

7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

8Charity never falleth away: whether prophecies shall be made void, or tongues shall cease, or knowledge shall be destroyed.

9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

10But when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.

11When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But, when I became a man, I put away the things of a child.

12We see now through a glass in a dark manner; but then face to face. Now I know I part; but then I shall know even as I am known.

13And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity.

1Si linguis hominum loquar, et angelorum, caritatem autem non habeam, factus sum velut æs sonans, aut cymbalum tinniens.

2Et si habuero prophetiam, et noverim mysteria omnia, et omnem scientiam: et si habuero omnem fidem ita ut montes transferam, caritatem autem non habuero, nihil sum.

3Et si distribuero in cibos pauperum omnes facultates meas, et si tradidero corpus meum ita ut ardeam, caritatem autem non habuero, nihil mihi prodest.

4Caritas patiens est, benigna est. Caritas non æmulatur, non agit perperam, non inflatur,

5non est ambitiosa, non quærit quæ sua sunt, non irritatur, non cogitat malum,

6non gaudet super iniquitate, congaudet autem veritati:

7omnia suffert, omnia credit, omnia sperat, omnia sustinet.

8Caritas numquam excidit: sive prophetiæ evacuabuntur, sive linguæ cessabunt, sive scientia destruetur.

9Ex parte enim cognoscimus, et ex parte prophetamus.

10Cum autem venerit quod perfectum est, evacuabitur quod ex parte est.

11Cum essem parvulus, loquebar ut parvulus, sapiebam ut parvulus, cogitabam ut parvulus. Quando autem factus sum vir, evacuavi quæ erant parvuli.

12Videmus nunc per speculum in ænigmate: tunc autem facie ad faciem. Nunc cognosco ex parte: tunc autem cognoscam sicut et cognitus sum.

13Nunc autem manent fides, spes, caritas, tria hæc: major autem horum est caritas.

1If I were to speak in the language of men, or of Angels, yet not have charity, I would be like a clanging bell or a crashing cymbal.

2And if I have prophecy, and learn every mystery, and obtain all knowledge, and possess all faith, so that I could move mountains, yet not have charity, then I am nothing.

3And if I distribute all my goods in order to feed the poor, and if I hand over my body to be burned, yet not have charity, it offers me nothing.

4Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated.

5Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil.

6Charity does not rejoice over iniquity, but rejoices in truth.

7Charity suffers all, believes all, hopes all, endures all.

8Charity is never torn away, even if prophecies pass away, or languages cease, or knowledge is destroyed.

9For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part.

10But when the perfect arrives, the imperfect passes away.

11When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I understood like a child, I thought like a child. But when I became a man, I put aside the things of a child.

12Now we see through a glass darkly. But then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know, even as I am known.

13But for now, these three continue: faith, hope, and charity. And the greatest of these is charity.