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1 Corinthians 13:2

Love for othersFaithProphecy

1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.

If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

3 If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

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BSB
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
KJV
And 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.
WEB
If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.
ASV
And if I have [the gift of] prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
DARBY
And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
BLB
And if I should have prophecy and should understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
ÅB
Og om jeg eier profetisk gave og kjenner alle hemmeligheter og all kunnskap, og om jeg har all tro, så jeg kan flytte fjell, men ikke har kjærlighet, da er jeg intet.
OTB
Om jeg har profetisk gave, forstår alle mysterier og all kunnskap, og om jeg har all tro så jeg kan flytte fjell, men ikke har kjærlighet, er jeg ingenting.
B1930
Og om jeg eier profetisk gave og kjenner alle hemmeligheter og all kunnskap, og om jeg har all tro, så jeg kan flytte fjell, men ikke har kjærlighet, da er jeg intet.

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  • 1 John 4:8

    Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

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  • 1 Corinthians 13:3

    If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

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  • 1 John 4:20–21

    If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

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  • Matthew 17:20

    “Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

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  • Matthew 21:21

    “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

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  • 1 Corinthians 16:22

    If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!

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  • 1 Corinthians 12:8–10

    To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit,

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  • 1 Corinthians 14:1–2

    Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.

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