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1 Corinthians 12:31–13:3

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31But you should truly want to have the greater gifts.

Love Is the Greatest Gift

And now I will show you the best way of all.

13I may speak in different languages n of people or even angels. But if I do not have love, I am only a noisy bell or a crashing cymbal. 2I may have the gift of prophecy. I may understand all the secret things of God and have all knowledge, and I may have faith so great I can move mountains. But even with all these things, if I do not have love, then I am nothing. 3I may give away everything I have, and I may even give my body as an offering to be burned. n But I gain nothing if I do not have love.

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Footnotes

  1. nlanguages This can also be translated “tongues.”
  2. ngive … burned Other Greek copies read “hand over my body in order that I may brag.”