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. See also: 1 Timothy 1:5 1 Peter 4:8 Galatians 5:22 1 Corinthians 13:8 Galatians 5:6
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. See also: 1 John 4:8 1 Corinthians 13:3 1 John 4:20-21 Matthew 17:20 Matthew 21:21
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. See also: James 2:14-17 John 15:13 Matthew 23:5 Matthew 6:1-4 Matthew 7:22-23
4 ¶ Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, See also: 1 Peter 4:8 Ephesians 4:32 Galatians 5:21-22 Proverbs 10:12 Colossians 3:12
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; See also: 1 Corinthians 10:24 Philippians 2:3-5 1 John 3:16-17 James 1:19 Philippians 2:21
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; See also: Romans 12:9 3 John 1:3-4 2 John 1:4 Romans 1:32 2 Thessalonians 2:12
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. See also: 1 Peter 4:8 1 Corinthians 13:4 1 Peter 2:24 2 Timothy 2:24 Proverbs 10:12
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. See also: 1 Corinthians 13:13 1 Corinthians 13:1-2 Galatians 5:6 Acts 2:4 1 Corinthians 13:10
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. See also: Colossians 2:2-3 Ephesians 3:18-19 Psalms 139:6 1 Corinthians 2:9 1 Corinthians 8:2
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. See also: Isaiah 60:19-20 1 Corinthians 13:12 2 Corinthians 5:7-8 Isaiah 24:23 Revelation 22:4-5
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. See also: 1 Corinthians 14:20 1 Corinthians 3:1-2 Galatians 4:1 Ecclesiastes 11:10
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. See also: 1 John 3:2 2 Corinthians 3:18 1 Corinthians 13:9-10 Philippians 3:12 Revelation 22:4
13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. See also: 1 Corinthians 16:14 Colossians 3:14 1 John 4:7-18 1 Corinthians 13:1-8 Galatians 5:6