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Listen to 1 Corinthians 13:1-7, Matthew 22:37-40
13If I speak in the tongues[a](A) of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy(B) and can fathom all mysteries(C) and all knowledge,(D) and if I have a faith(E) that can move mountains,(F) but do not have love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor(G) and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b](H) but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient,(I) love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.(J) 5It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,(K) it is not easily angered,(L) it keeps no record of wrongs.(M) 6Love does not delight in evil(N) but rejoices with the truth.(O) 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.(P)
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Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 13:1 Or languages
- 1 Corinthians 13:3 Some manuscripts body to the flames
Cross references
- 1 Corinthians 13:1 : ver 8; S Mk 16:17
- 1 Corinthians 13:2 : ver 8; S Eph 4:11; S Ac 11:27
- 1 Corinthians 13:2 : 1Co 14:2
- 1 Corinthians 13:2 : S 2Co 8:7
- 1 Corinthians 13:2 : 1Co 12:9
- 1 Corinthians 13:2 : Mt 17:20; 21:21
- 1 Corinthians 13:3 : Lk 19:8; S Ac 2:45
- 1 Corinthians 13:3 : Da 3:28
- 1 Corinthians 13:4 : 1Th 5:14
- 1 Corinthians 13:4 : 1Co 5:2
- 1 Corinthians 13:5 : S 1Co 10:24
- 1 Corinthians 13:5 : S Mt 5:22
- 1 Corinthians 13:5 : Job 14:16, 17; Pr 10:12; 17:9; 1Pe 4:8
- 1 Corinthians 13:6 : 2Th 2:12
- 1 Corinthians 13:6 : 2Jn 4; 3Jn 3, 4
- 1 Corinthians 13:7 : ver 8, 13
The Greatest Gift
13Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2And though I have the gift of (A)prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, (B)so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3And (C)though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body [a]to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
4(D)Love suffers long and is (E)kind; love (F)does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not [b]puffed up; 5does not behave rudely, (G)does not seek its own, is not provoked, [c]thinks no evil; 6(H)does not rejoice in iniquity, but (I)rejoices in the truth; 7(J)bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
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Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 13:3 NU so I may boast
- 1 Corinthians 13:4 arrogant
- 1 Corinthians 13:5 keeps no accounts of evil
Cross references
- 1 Corinthians 13:2 : Matt. 7:22; 1 Cor. 12:8–10, 28; 14:1
- 1 Corinthians 13:2 : Matt. 17:20; 21:21; Mark 11:23; Luke 17:6
- 1 Corinthians 13:3 : Matt. 6:1, 2
- 1 Corinthians 13:4 : Prov. 10:12; 17:9; 1 Thess. 5:14; [1 Pet. 4:8]
- 1 Corinthians 13:4 : Eph. 4:32
- 1 Corinthians 13:4 : Gal. 5:26
- 1 Corinthians 13:5 : 1 Cor. 10:24; Phil. 2:4
- 1 Corinthians 13:6 : Ps. 10:3; Rom. 1:32
- 1 Corinthians 13:6 : 2 John 4; 3 John 3
- 1 Corinthians 13:7 : Rom. 15:1; Gal. 6:2; 2 Tim. 2:24
37Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a](A) 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b](B) 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”(C)
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Footnotes
- Matthew 22:37 Deut. 6:5
- Matthew 22:39 Lev. 19:18
Cross references
- Matthew 22:37 : Dt 6:5
- Matthew 22:39 : Lev 19:18; S Mt 5:43
- Matthew 22:40 : Mt 7:12; Lk 10:25-28
37Jesus said to him, (A)“‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38This is the first and great commandment. 39And the second is like it: (B)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40(C)On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
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Cross references
- Matthew 22:37 : Deut. 6:5; 10:12; 30:6
- Matthew 22:39 : Lev. 19:18; Matt. 19:19; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; [Rom. 13:9; Gal. 5:14; James 2:8]
- Matthew 22:40 : [Matt. 7:12; Rom. 13:10; 1 Tim. 1:5]
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