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1 Corinthians 13 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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The Excellence of Love

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If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not [fn]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].

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:2 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:3 - If I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body [fn]to be burned, but do not have love, it does me no good at all.

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:5 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:6 - It does not rejoice at injustice, but rejoices with the truth [when right and truth prevail].

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:7 - 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].

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:9 - For we know in part, and we prophesy in part [for our knowledge is fragmentary and incomplete].

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:10 - But when that which is complete and perfect comes, that which is incomplete and partial will pass away.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:11 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:12 - 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].

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:13 - 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.
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I.e. a profound thoughtfulness and unselfish concern for other believers regardless of their circumstances or station in life.
Early mss read so that I may boast, i.e. as a martyr.
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