13:1 If I could speak in any language in heaven or on earth but didn't love others, I would only be making meaningless noise like a loud gong or a clanging cymbal.
The NLT Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 13 , Verse 1 , If I could speak in any language in heaven or on earth but didn't love others, I would only be making meaningless noise like a loud gong or a clanging cymbal.
13:2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I knew all the mysteries of the future and knew everything about everything, but didn't love others, what good would I be? And if I had the gift of faith so that I could speak to a mountain and make it move, without love I would be no good to anybody.
The NLT Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 13 , Verse 2 , If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I knew all the mysteries of the future and knew everything about everything, but didn't love others, what good would I be? And if I had the gift of faith so that I could speak to a mountain and make it move, without love I would be no good to anybody.
13:3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn't love others, I would be of no value whatsoever.
The NLT Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 13 , Verse 3 , If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn't love others, I would be of no value whatsoever.
13:4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud
The NLT Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 13 , Verse 4 , Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud
13:5 or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged.
The NLT Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 13 , Verse 5 , or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged.
13:6 It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
The NLT Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 13 , Verse 6 , It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
13:7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
The NLT Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 13 , Verse 7 , Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
13:8 Love will last forever, but prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will all disappear.
The NLT Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 13 , Verse 8 , Love will last forever, but prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will all disappear.
13:9 Now we know only a little, and even the gift of prophecy reveals little!
The NLT Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 13 , Verse 9 , Now we know only a little, and even the gift of prophecy reveals little!
13:10 But when the end comes, these special gifts will all disappear.
The NLT Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 13 , Verse 10 , But when the end comes, these special gifts will all disappear.
13:11 It's like this: When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child does. But when I grew up, I put away childish things.
The NLT Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 13 , Verse 11 , It's like this: When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child does. But when I grew up, I put away childish things.
13:12 Now we see things imperfectly as in a poor mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God knows me now.
The NLT Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 13 , Verse 12 , Now we see things imperfectly as in a poor mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God knows me now.
13:13 There are three things that will endure--faith, hope, and love--and the greatest of these is love.
The NLT Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 13 , Verse 13 , There are three things that will endure--faith, hope, and love--and the greatest of these is love.
