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1 Corinthians 13:3

Love for othersGenerosityPoverty and the vulnerable

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.

2 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.

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.

5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.

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BSB
If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.
KJV
And 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.
WEB
If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.
ASV
And if I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.
DARBY
And if I shall dole out all my goods in food, and if I deliver up my body that I may be burned, but have not love, I profit nothing.
BLB
And if I should give away all my possessions, and if I should deliver up my body that I may boast, but have not love, I am profited nothing.
ÅB
Og om jeg gir til føde for fattige alt det jeg eier, og om jeg gir mitt legeme til å brennes, men ikke har kjærlighet, da gagner det meg intet.
OTB
Og om jeg gir bort alt jeg eier til veldedighet, og om jeg overgir min kropp så jeg kan rose meg, men ikke har kjærlighet, gagner det meg ingenting.
B1930
Og om jeg gir til føde for fattige alt det jeg eier, og om jeg gir mitt legeme til å brennes, men ikke har kjærlighet, da gagner det mig intet.

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Cross references

  • James 2:14–17

    What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

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  • John 15:13

    Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

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  • Matthew 23:5

    All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

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  • Matthew 6:1–4

    “Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

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  • Matthew 7:22–23

    Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’

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  • 1 Timothy 4:8

    For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

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  • Hebrews 13:9

    Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.

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  • Luke 18:28

    “Look,” said Peter, “we have left all we had to follow You.”

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