1 Corinthians 13:3

World English Bible

If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.

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1 Corinthians 13:3 in other translations

And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:3 · American Standard Version

1 Corinthians 13:3 in context

  1. 1If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
  2. 2If 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.
  3. 3If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.
  4. 4Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,
  5. 5doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

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