1 CorinthiansChapter 13

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¹I may speak in the tongues of people and of angels. But if I don't have love, I am only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. ²I may have the gift of prophecy. I may understand all mysteries and know all things. I may have so much faith that I can move mountains. But if I don't have love, I am nothing. ³I may give all I own to the poor. I may give up my body so I can boast. But if I don't have love, I gain nothing.a ⁴Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not envy. It does not brag. It is not proud. ⁵It is not rude. It does not look out only for itself. It does not get angry easily. It does not keep track of wrongs. ⁶Love is not happy about evil. But it is glad about the truth. ⁷It puts up with all things. It believes all things. It hopes all things. It lasts through all things. ⁸Love never fails. But prophecies will come to an end. Tongues will be stopped. Knowledge will pass away. ⁹For what we know is only part of the whole. And what we prophesy is only part of the whole. ¹⁰But when what is perfect comes, what is partial will pass away. ¹¹When 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 put childish ways behind me. ¹²Now we see only a dim picture, like in a mirror. Then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part. Then I will know fully, just as I am fully known. ¹³And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.