1 Corinthians 13
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1Though 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 13:1
2And 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 13:2
3And 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 13:3
4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1 Corinthians 13:4
5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
1 Corinthians 13:5
6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
1 Corinthians 13:6
7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
1 Corinthians 13:7
8Charity 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 13:8
9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
1 Corinthians 13:9
10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
1 Corinthians 13:10
11When 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 13:11
12For 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 13:12
13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
1 Corinthians 13:13
Chapter 13
Cross References
1 Corinthians 13:1
1 Timothy 1:5Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good con...1 Peter 4:8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall co...Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, good...1 Corinthians 13:8Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether...Galatians 5:6For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision;...
1 Corinthians 13:2
1 John 4:8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.1 Corinthians 13:3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to...1 John 4:20If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that love...Matthew 17:20And Jesus said unto them,Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If...Matthew 21:21Jesus answered and said unto them,Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and d...
1 Corinthians 13:3
John 15:13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends...James 2:14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not w...Matthew 23:5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylact...Matthew 7:22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name?...Matthew 6:1Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye...
1 Corinthians 13:4
1 Peter 4:8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall co...Ephesians 4:32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God...Galatians 5:21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell y...Colossians 3:12Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kind...Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
1 Corinthians 13:5
1 Corinthians 10:24Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.Philippians 2:3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let ea...1 John 3:16Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we...James 1:19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, s...Philippians 2:21For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.
1 Corinthians 13:6
Romans 12:9Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that whic...3 John 1:3For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that i...2 John 1:4I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have rec...Romans 1:32Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy o...2 Thessalonians 2:12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in un...
1 Corinthians 13:7
1 Peter 4:8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall co...1 Corinthians 13:4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not i...2 Timothy 2:24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to...1 Peter 2:24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead...Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
1 Corinthians 13:8
1 Corinthians 13:13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is...1 Corinthians 13:1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am...Galatians 5:6For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision;...Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tong...1 Corinthians 13:10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done...
1 Corinthians 13:9
Colossians 2:2That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all...Ephesians 3:18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and d...1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in par...1 Corinthians 2:9But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered int...1 Corinthians 8:2And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he oug...
1 Corinthians 13:10
Isaiah 60:19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon...1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in par...2 Corinthians 5:7(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)Isaiah 24:23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts s...Revelation 22:4And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
1 Corinthians 13:11
1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, bu...1 Corinthians 3:1And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal,...Galatians 4:1Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a ser...Ecclesiastes 11:10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for ch...
1 Corinthians 13:12
1 John 3:2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be...2 Corinthians 3:18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are ch...1 Corinthians 13:9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.Philippians 3:12Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow...Revelation 22:4And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 13:1
1 Timothy 1:5Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good con...1 Peter 4:8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall co...Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, good...1 Corinthians 13:8Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether...Galatians 5:6For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision;...
1 Corinthians 13:2
1 John 4:8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.1 Corinthians 13:3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to...1 John 4:20If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that love...Matthew 17:20And Jesus said unto them,Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If...Matthew 21:21Jesus answered and said unto them,Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and d...
1 Corinthians 13:3
John 15:13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends...James 2:14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not w...Matthew 23:5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylact...Matthew 7:22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name?...Matthew 6:1Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye...
1 Corinthians 13:4
1 Peter 4:8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall co...Ephesians 4:32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God...Galatians 5:21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell y...Colossians 3:12Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kind...Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
1 Corinthians 13:5
1 Corinthians 10:24Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.Philippians 2:3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let ea...1 John 3:16Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we...James 1:19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, s...Philippians 2:21For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.
1 Corinthians 13:6
Romans 12:9Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that whic...3 John 1:3For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that i...2 John 1:4I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have rec...Romans 1:32Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy o...2 Thessalonians 2:12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in un...
1 Corinthians 13:7
1 Peter 4:8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall co...1 Corinthians 13:4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not i...2 Timothy 2:24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to...1 Peter 2:24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead...Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
1 Corinthians 13:8
1 Corinthians 13:13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is...1 Corinthians 13:1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am...Galatians 5:6For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision;...Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tong...1 Corinthians 13:10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done...
1 Corinthians 13:9
Colossians 2:2That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all...Ephesians 3:18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and d...1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in par...1 Corinthians 2:9But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered int...1 Corinthians 8:2And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he oug...
1 Corinthians 13:10
Isaiah 60:19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon...1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in par...2 Corinthians 5:7(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)Isaiah 24:23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts s...Revelation 22:4And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
1 Corinthians 13:11
1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, bu...1 Corinthians 3:1And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal,...Galatians 4:1Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a ser...Ecclesiastes 11:10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for ch...
1 Corinthians 13:12
1 John 3:2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be...2 Corinthians 3:18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are ch...1 Corinthians 13:9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.Philippians 3:12Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow...Revelation 22:4And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.