1 Corinthians 13

1 Corinthians 13 in full

King James Version, 13 verses. Tap a reference to link straight to a single verse.

1. 1 Cor 13:1

   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. 1 Cor 13:2

   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.

3. 1 Cor 13:3

   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. 1 Cor 13:4

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

5. 1 Cor 13:5

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

6. 1 Cor 13:6

   Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

7. 1 Cor 13:7

   Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

8. 1 Cor 13:8

   Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

9. 1 Cor 13:9

   For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

10. 1 Cor 13:10

    But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

11. 1 Cor 13:11

    When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

12. 1 Cor 13:12

    For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

13. 1 Cor 13:13

    And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

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1 Corinthians 13 is part of 1 Corinthians, book 46 of the 66 in the King James Bible. Read the 16 chapters straight through, or search any word across all 66 books.