1 Corinthians 13

If I speak in human or angelic tongues,^a but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If 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. If I give all I possess to the poor^g and give over my body ^⌈to hardship^⌈ that I may boast,^h but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient,ⁱ love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.^j It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,^k it is not easily angered,^l it keeps no record of wrongs.^m Love does not delight in evilⁿ but rejoices with the truth.^o It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.^p

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies,^q they will cease; where there are tongues,^r they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part^s and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes,^t what is in part disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood^u behind me. For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror;^v then we shall see face to face.^w Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.^x

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.^y But the greatest of these is love.^z