(KJV) 1 Corinthians 13¹

⥃Love

[1] Though I speak² with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not³ charity, I am become [as⁴] sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. [2] And though I have [the⁵ gift of] prophecy, and understand⁶ all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all⁷ faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have⁸ not charity, I am⁹ nothing. [3] And though I bestow¹⁰ all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give¹¹ my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth¹² me nothing. [4] Charity suffereth¹³ long, [and] is kind¹⁴; charity envieth¹⁵ not; charity vaunteth not itself¹⁶, is not¹⁷ puffed up, [5] Doth not behave¹⁸ itself unseemly, seeketh¹⁹ not her own, is not²⁰ easily provoked, thinketh²¹ no evil; [6] Rejoiceth²² not²³ in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth²⁴; [7] Beareth²⁵ all things, believeth²⁶ all things, hopeth²⁷ all things, endureth²⁸ all things. [8] Charity never²⁹ faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall fail; whether [there be] tongues³⁰, they shall cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it shall vanish³¹ away. [9] For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.³² [10] But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.³³ [11] When I was a child, I spake³⁴ as a child, I understood as a child, I thought³⁵ as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. [12] For now we see³⁶ through a glass, darkly³⁷; but then face³⁸ to face: now³⁹ I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. [13] And now abideth⁴⁰ faith⁴¹, hope⁴², charity⁴³, these three; but the greatest⁴⁴ of these [is] charity.