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.[ † ]Matthew 7:221 Corinthians 12:8-10, 281 Corinthians 14:1Matthew 17:20Matthew 21:21Mark 11:23Luke 17:6 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.[ † ]Matthew 6:1-2 4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,[ † ]Proverbs 10:12Proverbs 17:91 Thessalonians 5:141 Peter 4:8Ephesians 4:32Galatians 5:26 5doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;[ † ]1 Corinthians 10:24Philippians 2:4 6rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;[ † ]Psalms 10:3Romans 1:322 John 43 John 3 7beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.[ † ]Romans 15:1Galatians 6:22 Timothy 2:24 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.[ † ]1 Corinthians 8:21 Corinthians 13:12 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.[ † ]2 Corinthians 3:182 Corinthians 5:7Philippians 3:12James 1:23Genesis 32:30Numbers 12:8Matthew 18:101 John 3:2 13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.