1 Corinthians 13:1-13 (KJV)
[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.
[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] 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;
[6] Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth
in the truth;
[7] Beareth all things, believeth all things,
hopeth all things, endureth all things.
[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] For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
[10] But when that which is perfect is come,
then that which is in part shall be done away.
[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] 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] And now abideth faith, hope, charity,
these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
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May God's graces abound to you, your family and friends!
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