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1 Corinthians 13:2
“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.”
1 Corinthians 13:2, King James Version (KJV)
“If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.”
World English Bible (WEB)
1 Corinthians 13 (KJV)
- 1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
- 2And 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.
- 3And 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.
- 4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
- 5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
- 6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
- 7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
- 8Charity 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.
- 9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
- 10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
- 11When 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.
- 12For 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.
- 13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
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1 Corinthians 13:3
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1 John 4:20–21
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? …
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Matthew 21:21
Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
1 Corinthians 16:22
If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
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