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1. I may speak in different languagesn of people or even angels. But if I do not have love, I am only a noisy bell or a crashing cymbal.
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1. Though G1437 I speak G2980 with the G3588 tongues G1100 of men G444 and G2532 of angels G32 , and G1161 have G2192 not G3361 charity G26 , I am become G1096 as sounding G2278 brass G5475 , or G2228 a tinkling G214 cymbal G2950 .
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2. I may have the gift of prophecy. I may understand all the secret things of God and have all knowledge, and I may have faith so great I can move mountains. But even with all these things, if I do not have love, then I am nothing.
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2. And G2532 though G1437 I have G2192 the gift of prophecy G4394 , and G2532 understand G1492 all G3956 mysteries G3466 , and G2532 all G3956 knowledge G1108 ; and G2532 though G1437 I have G2192 all G3956 faith G4102 , so that G5620 I could remove G3179 mountains G3735 , and G1161 have G2192 not G3361 charity G26 , I am G1510 nothing G3762 .
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3. I may give away everything I have, and I may even give my body as an offering to be burned. But I gain nothing if I do not have love.
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3. And G2532 though G1437 I bestow all my goods to feed G5595 G3956 G3450 G5224 the poor, and G2532 though G1437 I give G3860 my G3450 body G4983 to G2443 be burned G2545 , and G2532 have G2192 not G3361 charity G26 , it profiteth G5623 me nothing G3762 .
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4. Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, and it is not proud.
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4. Charity G26 suffereth long G3114 , and is kind G5541 ; charity G26 envieth G2206 not G3756 ; charity G26 vaunteth not itself G4068 G3756 , is not G3756 puffed up G5448 ,
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5. Love is not rude, is not selfish, and does not get upset with others. Love does not count up wrongs that have been done.
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5. Doth not G3756 behave itself unseemly G807 , seeketh G2212 not G3756 her own G1438 , is not G3756 easily provoked G3947 , thinketh G3049 no G3756 evil G2556 ;
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6. Love is not happy with evil but is happy with the truth.
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6. Rejoiceth G5463 not G3756 in G1909 iniquity G93 , but G1161 rejoiceth G4796 in the G3588 truth G225 ;
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7. Love patiently accepts all things. It always trusts, always hopes, and always remains strong.
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7. Beareth G4722 all things G3956 , believeth G4100 all things G3956 , hopeth G1679 all things G3956 , endureth G5278 all things G3956 .
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8. Love never ends. There are gifts of prophecy, but they will be ended. There are gifts of speaking in different languages, but those gifts will stop. There is the gift of knowledge, but it will come to an end.
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8. Charity G26 never G3763 faileth G1601 : but G1161 whether G1535 there be prophecies G4394 , they shall fail G2673 ; whether G1535 there be tongues G1100 , they shall cease G3973 ; whether G1535 there be knowledge G1108 , it shall vanish away G2673 .
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9. The reason is that our knowledge and our ability to prophesy are not perfect.
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9. For G1063 we know G1097 in G1537 part G3313 , and G2532 we prophesy G4395 in G1537 part G3313 .
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10. But when perfection comes, the things that are not perfect will end.
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10. But G1161 when G3752 that which is perfect G5046 is come G2064 , then G5119 that G3588 which is in G1537 part G3313 shall be done away G2673 .
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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 stopped those childish ways.
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11. When G3753 I was G2252 a child G3516 , I spake G2980 as G5613 a child G3516 , I understood G5426 as G5613 a child G3516 , I thought G3049 as G5613 a child G3516 : but G1161 when G3753 I became G1096 a man G435 , I put away G2673 childish things G3588 G3516 .
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12. It is the same with us. Now we see a dim reflection, as if we were looking into a mirror, but then we shall see clearly. Now I know only a part, but then I will know fully, as God has known me.
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12. For G1063 now G737 we see G991 through G1223 a glass G2072 , darkly G1722 G135 ; but G1161 then G5119 face G4383 to G4314 face G4383 : now G737 I know G1097 in G1537 part G3313 ; but G1161 then G5119 shall I know G1921 even as G2531 also G2532 I am known G1921 .
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13. So these three things continue forever: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love.
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13. And G1161 now G3570 abideth G3306 faith G4102 , hope G1680 , charity G26 , these G5023 three G5140 ; but G1161 the greatest G3187 of these G5130 is charity G26 .
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