The Excellence of Love1 If° I speak° with the atongues° of men° and of bangels°, but do not have° love°, I have become° a noisy° gong° or° a cclanging° cymbal°. 2 If° I have° [the gift of] aprophecy°, and know° all° bmysteries° and all° cknowledge°; and if° I have° dall° faith°, so° as to eremove° mountains°, but do not have° love°, I am° nothing°. 3 And if° I agive° all° my possessions° to feed° [the poor], and if° I bsurrender° my body° Ito be burned°, but do not have° love°, it profits° me nothing°. [1] a1Co 12:10 b2Co 12:4; Rv 14:2 cPs 150:5
[2] aMt 7:22; Ac 13:1; 1Co 11:4; 13:8; 14:1, 39 b1Co 14:2; 15:51 cRo 15:14 d1Co 12:9 eMt 17:20; 21:21; Mk 11:23 [3] IEarly mss read that I may boast aMt 6:2 bDn 3:28 4 ¶ Love° ais patient°, love° is kind° [and] bis not jealous°; love° does not brag° [and] is not carrogant°, 5 does not act° unbecomingly°; it adoes not seek° its own°, is not provoked°, bdoes not take° into account° a wrong° [suffered], 6 adoes not rejoice° in unrighteousness°, but brejoices° with the truth°; 7 Iabears° all° things°, believes° all° things°, hopes° all° things°, endures° all° things°. [4] aPv 10:12; 17:9; 1Th 5:14; 1P 4:8 bAc 7:9 c1Co 4:6
[5] a1Co 10:24; Php 2:21 b2Co 5:19 [6] a2Th 2:12 b2 Jn 4; 3 Jn 3f [7] IOr covers a1Co 9:12 8 ¶ Love° never° fails°; but if° [there are gifts of] Iaprophecy°, they will be done° away°; if° [there are] btongues°, they will cease°; if° [there is] knowledge°, it will be done° away°. 9 For we aknow° in part° and we prophesy° in part°; 10 but when° the perfect° comes°, the partial° will be done° away°. 11 When° I was a child°, I used to speak° like° a child°, think° like° a child°, reason° like° a child°; when° I Ibecame° a man°, I did° away° with childish° things. 12 For now° we asee° in a mirror° Idimly°, but then° bface° to face°; now° I know° in part°, but then° I will know° fully° just° as I also° chave been fully° known°. 13 But now° faith°, hope°, love°, abide° these° three°; but the Igreatest° of these° is alove°. [8] ILit prophecies a1Co 13:2 b1Co 13:1
[9] a1Co 8:2; 13:12 [11] ILit have become...have done away with [12] ILit in a riddle a2Co 5:7; Php 3:12; Jm 1:23 bGn 32:30; Nu 12:8; 1 Jn 3:2 c1Co 8:3 [13] ILit greater aGa 5:6 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. |
All gifts,1 ¶ Thoughº I speakºª with the² tonguesº of menº andº of angels,º andº haveºª notº charity,º I am becomeºª [as] soundingºª brass,º orº a tinklingºª cymbal.º [1] Mt 25:45; Ro 14:15; 1Co 8:1; 12:8, 16, 29; 13:2; 14:6, 7; 2Co 12:4; Ga 5:6, 22; 1Ti 1:5; 1P 4:8; 2P 2:18.
how excellent soever, are nothing worth without charity.2 Andº thoughº I haveºª [the gift of] prophecy,º andº understandºª allº mysteries,º andº allº knowledge;º andº thoughº I haveºª allº faith,º so¹ that² I could removeºª mountains,º andº haveºª notº charity,º I amºª nothing.º 3 Andº thoughº I bestow¹ª all¹ my¹ goods¹ª to feedºª²²² [the poor], andº thoughº I giveºª myº bodyº toº be burned,ºª and¹² haveºª notº charity,º it profiteth² me¹ª nothing.º [2] Nu 24:15; Mt 7:22; 13:11; 17:20; 21:19, 21; Mk 11:22; Lk 17:5; Ro 11:25; 16:25; 1Co 4:1; 7:19; 8:4; 12:8, 9, 28; 13:1, 3; 14:1, 6; 16:22; 2Co 12:11; Ga 5:16, 22; 6:3; Ep 3:4; 6:19; Col 1:26; 1Ti 3:16; 1Jn 4:8, 20.
[3] Is 57:12; Jr 7:8; Dn 3:16; Mt 6:1; 7:22; 23:5; Lk 18:22, 28; 19:8; 21:3; Jn 6:63; 12:43; 13:37; 15:13; Ac 21:13; Ga 5:26; Php 1:15, 20; 2:3; 1Ti 4:8; He 13:9; Jm 2:14. The praises thereof,4 Charityº suffereth long,ºª [and] is kind;ºª charityº enviethºª not;º charityº vaunteth¹ª not¹ itself,ºª² is¹ª notº puffed up,ºª 5 Doth¹ª notº behave itself unseemly,ºª seekethºª notº her own,º is¹ª notº easily provoked,ºª thinkethºª noº evil;º 6 Rejoicethºª notº inº iniquity,º butº rejoicethºª in the² truth;º 7 Bearethºª all things,º believethºª all things,º hopethºª all things,º endurethºª all things.º 8 Charityº never¹² faileth:ºª butº whetherº [there be] prophecies,º they shall fail;ºª whetherº [there be] tongues,º they shall cease;ºª whetherº [there be] knowledge,º it shall vanish away.ºª 9 Forº we knowºª inº part,º andº we prophesyºª inº part.º 10 Butº whenº that which is perfectº is come,ºª thenº that² which is inº partº shall be done away.ºª 11 Whenº I wasºª a child,º I spakeºª asº a child,º I understoodºª asº a child,º I thoughtºª asº a child:º butº whenº I becameºª a man,º I put awayºª childish things.º² 12 Forº nowº we seeºª throughº a glass,º darkly;ºº butº thenº faceº toº face:º nowº I knowºª inº part;º butº thenº shall I knowºª even asº alsoº I am known.ºª [4] Gn 30:1; 37:11; 1S 25:21, 33; 1K 20:10; Ne 9:17; Ps 10:5; Pv 10:12; 13:10; 17:14; 19:22; 25:8; 31:20, 26; Ec 7:8; 10:4; Dn 3:19; Mt 27:18; Lk 6:35; Ro 1:29; 13:13; 1Co 3:3; 4:6, 18; 5:2; 8:1; 2Co 6:6; 12:20; Ga 5:21, 22, 26; Ep 4:2, 32; Php 1:15; 2:1; Col 1:11; 2:18; 3:12; 1Ti 6:4; 2Ti 2:25; 3:10; 4:2; Tit 3:3; Jm 3:14, 17; 4:5; 1P 2:1; 3:8; 4:8; 2P 1:7; 1Jn 3:16; 4:11.
[5] Nu 12:3; 16:15; 20:10; 2S 10:3; Jb 21:27; Ps 106:32; Pv 14:17; Is 3:5; Jr 11:19; 18:18; 40:13; Mt 5:22; 9:4; Mk 3:5; Lk 7:39; Ro 14:12; 15:1; 1Co 7:36; 10:24, 33; 11:13, 18, 21; 12:25; 14:33; Ga 5:13; 6:1; Php 2:3, 21; 4:8; 2Th 3:7; 2Ti 2:10; Jm 1:19; 1Jn 3:16. [6] Ex 18:9; Jsh 22:22; 1S 23:19; 2S 4:10; Ps 10:3; 119:136; Pv 14:9; Jr 9:1; 13:17; 20:10; Ho 4:8; 7:3; Mi 7:8; Lk 19:41; 22:5; Ro 1:32; 12:9; 2Co 7:9; Php 1:4, 18; 2:17; 3:18; 1Th 3:6; 2Jn 1:4; 3Jn 1:3. [7] Gn 29:20; Nu 11:12; Dt 1:9; Jb 13:15; Ps 119:66; Pv 10:12; So 8:6; Mt 10:22; Lk 7:37, 44; 19:4; Ro 8:24; 15:1; 1Co 9:18; 13:4; 2Co 11:8; Ga 6:2; 2Th 1:4; 2Ti 2:3, 24; 3:11; 4:5; He 13:13; Jm 1:12; 1P 2:24; 4:8. [8] Jr 49:7; Lk 22:32; Ac 2:4; 19:6; 1Co 12:10, 28; 13:1, 10, 13; 14:39; Ga 5:6; He 8:13. [9] Jb 11:7; 26:14; Ps 40:5; 139:6; Pv 30:4; Mt 11:27; Ro 11:34; 1Co 2:9; 8:2; 13:12; Ep 3:8, 18; Col 2:2; 1P 1:10; 1Jn 3:2. [10] Is 24:23; 60:19; 1Co 13:12; 2Co 5:7; Rv 21:22; 22:4. [11] Ec 11:10; 1Co 3:1; 14:20; Ga 4:1. [12] Ex 33:11; Nu 12:8; Jg 14:12; Ezk 17:2; Mt 5:8; 18:10; Jn 10:15; Ro 8:18; 1Co 13:9; 2Co 3:18; 5:7; Php 3:12; Jm 1:23; 1Jn 3:2; Rv 22:4. and prelation before hope and faith.13 Andº nowº abidethºª faith,º hope,º charity,º theseº three;º butº the greatestº of theseº [is] charity.º [13] Ps 42:11; 43:5; 146:5; Lm 3:21; Mk 12:29; Lk 8:13; 10:27; 22:32; Ro 5:4; 8:24; 15:13; 1Co 3:14; 8:1, 3; 13:1, 8; 14:1; 16:14; 2Co 5:10, 15; Ga 5:6, 13; Php 1:9; Col 1:5, 27; 3:14; 1Th 5:8; 1Ti 1:5; 2Ti 1:7; He 6:11, 19; 10:35, 39; 11:1; 1P 1:21; 1Jn 2:10, 14, 24; 3:3, 9; 4:7; 5:1; 2Jn 1:4.
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