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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. speak with the tongues charity
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. feed the poor
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Charity suffereth long
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. they shall fail
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. know in part
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. that which is perfect
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. a child
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. through a glass, darkly
13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

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