1 Corinthians 13
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1 Corinthians 13:1
AMP: If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love [for others growing out of God’s love for me], then I have become only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal [just an annoying distraction].
ASV: If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
BSB: If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.
DARBY: If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
DRA: If I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
KJV: 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.
1 Corinthians 13:2
AMP: And if I have the gift of prophecy [and speak a new message from God to the people], and understand all mysteries, and [possess] all knowledge; and if I have all [sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love [reaching out to others], I am nothing.
ASV: And if I have [the gift of] prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
BSB: If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
DARBY: And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
DRA: And 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.
KJV: 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.
1 Corinthians 13:3
AMP: If I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it does me no good at all.
ASV: And if I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.
BSB: If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.
DARBY: And if I shall dole out all my goods in food, and if I deliver up my body that I may be burned, but have not love, I profit nothing.
DRA: And 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.
KJV: 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.
1 Corinthians 13:4
AMP: Love endures with patience and serenity, love is kind and thoughtful, and is not jealous or envious; love does not brag and is not proud or arrogant.
ASV: Love suffereth long, [and] is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
BSB: Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
DARBY: Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous [of others]; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,
DRA: Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up;
KJV: Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1 Corinthians 13:5
AMP: It is not rude; it is not self-seeking, it is not provoked [nor overly sensitive and easily angered]; it does not take into account a wrong endured.
ASV: doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;
BSB: It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
DARBY: does not behave in an unseemly manner, does not seek what is its own, is not quickly provoked, does not impute evil,
DRA: Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil;
KJV: Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
1 Corinthians 13:6
AMP: It does not rejoice at injustice, but rejoices with the truth [when right and truth prevail].
ASV: rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;
BSB: Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.
DARBY: does not rejoice at iniquity but rejoices with the truth,
DRA: Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth;
KJV: Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
1 Corinthians 13:7
AMP: Love bears all things [regardless of what comes], believes all things [looking for the best in each one], hopes all things [remaining steadfast during difficult times], endures all things [without weakening].
ASV: beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
BSB: It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
DARBY: bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
DRA: Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
KJV: Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
1 Corinthians 13:8
AMP: Love never fails [it never fades nor ends]. But as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for the gift of special knowledge, it will pass away.
ASV: Love never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall be done away; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it shall be done away.
BSB: Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.
DARBY: Love never fails; but whether prophecies, they shall be done away; or tongues, they shall cease; or knowledge, it shall be done away.
DRA: Charity never falleth away: whether prophecies shall be made void, or tongues shall cease, or knowledge shall be destroyed.
KJV: 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.
1 Corinthians 13:9
AMP: For we know in part, and we prophesy in part [for our knowledge is fragmentary and incomplete].
ASV: For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;
BSB: For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
DARBY: For we know in part, and we prophesy in part:
DRA: For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
KJV: For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
1 Corinthians 13:10
AMP: But when that which is complete and perfect comes, that which is incomplete and partial will pass away.
ASV: but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.
BSB: but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away.
DARBY: but when that which is perfect has come, that which is in part shall be done away.
DRA: But when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.
KJV: But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
1 Corinthians 13:11
AMP: When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.
ASV: When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.
BSB: When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.
DARBY: When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I reasoned as a child; when I became a man, I had done with what belonged to the child.
DRA: When 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.
KJV: 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.
1 Corinthians 13:12
AMP: For now [in this time of imperfection] we see in a mirror dimly [a blurred reflection, a riddle, an enigma], but then [when the time of perfection comes we will see reality] face to face. Now I know in part [just in fragments], but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known [by God].
ASV: For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known.
BSB: Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
DARBY: For we see now through a dim window obscurely, but then face to face; now I know partially, but then I shall know according as I also have been known.
DRA: We 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.
KJV: 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.
1 Corinthians 13:13
AMP: And now there remain: faith [abiding trust in God and His promises], hope [confident expectation of eternal salvation], love [unselfish love for others growing out of God’s love for me], these three [the choicest graces]; but the greatest of these is love.
ASV: But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
BSB: And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
DARBY: And now abide faith, hope, love; these three things; and the greater of these [is] love.
DRA: And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity.
KJV: And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
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