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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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4 | Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not;
charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, |
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5 | Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not
easily provoked, thinketh no evil; |
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6 | Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; |
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7 | Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things,
endureth all things. |
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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. |
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9 | For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. |
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10 | But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in
part shall be done away. |
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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. |
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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. |
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13 | And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the
greatest of these is charity. |
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