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1 Corinthians 13:3

Love for othersGenerosityPoverty and the vulnerable

1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

2 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.

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.

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

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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 doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

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  • John 15:13

    Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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  • Matthew 23:5

    But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

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  • Matthew 6:1–4

    Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

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  • Matthew 7:22–23

    Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

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  • 1 Timothy 4:8

    For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

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  • Hebrews 13:9

    Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

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  • Luke 18:28

    Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.

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