1 if i speak with the tongues of men and of angels,
But do not have love, i have become a noisy gong or
A clanging cymbal.
2 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 do not have love, i am nothing.
3 and if i give all my possessions to feed the poor,
And if i surrender my body to be burned,
But do not have love, it profits me nothing.
4 love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous;
Love does not brag and is not arrogant,
5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own,
Is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong
Suffered,
6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness,
But rejoices with the truth;
7 bears all things,
Believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy,
They will be done away; if there are tongues,
They will cease; if there is knowledge,
It will be done away.
9 for we know in part and we
Prophesy in part;
10 but when the perfect comes,
The partial will be done away.
11 when i was a child, i used to speak like a child,
Think like a child, reason like a child; when i became
A man, i did away with childish things.
12 for now we see in a mirror dimly,
But then face to face; now i know in part,
But then i will know fully just as i also have been
Fully known.
13 but now faith,
Hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Source: Above The Golden State – Chapter 13
