1 All gifts,
3 how excellent soever, are nothing worth without charity.
4 The praises thereof,
13 and prelation before hope and faith.

I speak. 2,3 12:8,16,29,30 14:6 2Co 12:4 2Pe 2:18

have not. 8:1 Mt 25:45 Ro 14:15 Ga 5:6,22 1Ti 1:5 1Pe 4:8

as. 14:7,8

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.

I have the. 12:8-10,28 14:1,6-9 Nu 24:15-24 Mt 7:22,23

understand. 4:1 Mt 13:11 Ro 11:25 16:25 Eph 3:4 6:19 Col 1:26 1Ti 3:16

and though I have all. 12:9 Mt 17:20 21:21 Mr 11:22,23 Lu 17:5,6

and have. 1,3 16:22 Ga 5:16,22 1Jo 4:8,20,21

I am. 3 7:19 8:4 Mt 21:19 2Co 12:11 Ga 6:3

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.

though I bestow. Mt 6:1-4 23:5 Lu 18:22,28 19:8 21:3,4 Joh 12:43 Ga 5:26 Php 1:15-18

though I give. Da 3:16-28 Mt 7:22,23 Joh 13:37 15:13 Ac 21:13 Php 1:20,21 2:3

profiteth. Isa 57:12 Jer 7:8 Joh 6:63 1Ti 4:8 Heb 13:9 Jas 2:14-17

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

suffereth. Pr 10:12 2Co 6:6 Ga 5:22 Eph 4:2 Col 1:11 3:12 2Ti 2:25 3:10 2Ti 4:2 Jas 3:17 1Pe 4:8

is kind. Ne 9:17 Pr 19:22 31:20,26 Lu 6:35,36 Eph 4:32 Col 3:12 1Pe 3:8 2Pe 1:7 1Jo 3:16-18 4:11

envieth. 3:3 Ge 30:1 37:11 Mt 27:18 Ro 1:29 13:13 2Co 12:20 Ga 5:21,26 Php 1:15 1Ti 6:4 Tit 3:3 Jas 3:14-16 4:5 1Pe 2:1

vaunteth not itself. or, is not rash. 1Sa 25:21,22,33,34 1Ki 20:10,11 Ps 10:5 Pr 13:10 17:14 25:8-10 Ec 7:8,9 10:4 Da 3:19-22

is not. 4:6,18 5:2 8:1 Col 2:18 Php 2:1-5

5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

behave. 7:36 *Gr: 11:13-16,18,21,22 14:33-40 Isa 3:5 Php 4:8 2Th 3:7

seeketh. 10:24,33 12:25 Ro 14:12-15 15:1,2 Ga 5:13 6:1,2 Php 2:3-5,21 2Ti 2:10 1Jo 3:16,17

is not. Nu 12:3 16:15 20:10-12 Ps 106:32,33 Pr 14:17 Mt 5:22 Mr 3:5 Jas 1:19

thinketh. 2Sa 10:3 Job 21:27 Jer 11:19 18:18-20 40:13-16 Mt 9:4 Lu 7:39

6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

Rejoiceth not. 1Sa 23:19-21 2Sa 4:10-12 Ps 10:3 119:136 Pr 14:9 Jer 9:1 13:17 Jer 20:10 Ho 4:8 7:3 Mic 7:8 Lu 19:41,42 22:5 Ro 1:32 Php 3:18

rejoiceth. Ex 18:9 Jos 22:22-33 Ro 12:9 2Co 7:9-16 Php 1:4,18 2:17,18 1Th 3:6-10 2Jo 1:4 3Jo 1:3

in the truth. or, 'with the truth.'

7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Beareth. See on ver. 4 Nu 11:12-14 De 1:9 Pr 10:12 So 8:6,7 Ro 15:1 Ga 6:2 Heb 13:13 1Pe 2:24 4:8

believeth. Ps 119:66

hopeth. Lu 7:37-39,44-46 19:4-10 Ro 8:24

endureth. 9:18-22 Ge 29:20 Job 13:15 Mt 10:22 2Co 11:8-12 2Th 1:4 2Ti 2:3-10,24 3:11 4:5 Jas 1:12

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.

never. 10,13 Lu 22:32 Ga 5:6

tongues. 1 12:10,28-30 14:39 Ac 2:4 19:6

vanish. Jer 49:7 Heb 8:13

9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

12 2:9 8:2 Job 11:7,8 26:14 Ps 40:5 139:6 Pr 30:4 Mt 11:27 Ro 11:34 Eph 3:8,18,19 Col 2:2,3 1Pe 1:10-12 1Jo 3:2

10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

12 Isa 24:23 60:19,20 2Co 5:7,8 Re 21:22,23 22:4,5

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.

I spake. 3:1,2 14:20 Ec 11:10 Ga 4:1

thought. or, reasoned.

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.

we see. 2Co 3:18 5:7 Php 3:12 Jas 1:23

darkly. Gr. in a riddle. Jud 14:12-19 Eze 17:2

face. Ex 33:11 Nu 12:8 Mt 5:8 18:10 Ro 8:18 1Jo 3:2 Re 22:4

now. 9,10 Joh 10:15

13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

abideth. 3:14 1Pe 1:21 1Jo 2:14,24 3:9

faith. Lu 8:13-15 22:32 Ga 5:6 Heb 10:35,39 11:1-7 1Jo 5:1-5

hope. Ps 42:11 43:5 146:5 La 3:21-26 Ro 5:4,5 8:24,25 15:13 Col 1:5,27 1Th 5:8 Heb 6:11,19 1Pe 1:21 1Jo 3:3

charity. 1-8 8:1,3 2Co 5:10,15 Ga 5:6 1Jo 2:10 4:7-18

the greatest. 8 14:1 16:14 Mr 12:29-31 Lu 10:27 Ga 5:13-22 Php 1:9 Col 3:14 1Ti 1:5 2Ti 1:7 1Jo 4:7-9 2Jo 1:4-6