1 Corinthians 13

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.
1 Ἐὰν ταῖς γλώσσαις τῶν ἀνθρώπων λαλῶ καὶ τῶν ἀγγέλων, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, γέγονα χαλκὸς ἠχῶν ἢ κύμβαλον ἀλαλάζον.
2 And though
A ⟨though⟩
 I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though
A ⟨though⟩
 I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am
A ⟨it profiteth me⟩
 nothing.
2 Καὶ ἐὰν
WH κἂν
 ἔχω προφητείαν, καὶ εἰδῶ τὰ μυστήρια πάντα καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γνῶσιν, καὶ ἐὰν
WH κἂν
 ἔχω πᾶσαν τὴν πίστιν, ὥστε ὄρη μεθιστάνειν, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐθέν εἰμι.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned
ℵBA ⟨that I may glory⟩
, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
3 Καὶ ἐὰν
WH κἂν
 ψωμίσω πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντά μου, καὶ ἐὰν
WH κἂν
 παραδῶ τὸ σῶμά μου ἵνα καυθήσωμαι
WH καυχήσωμαι
, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐδὲν ὠφελοῦμαι.
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity
B omit
 vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
4 Ἡ ἀγάπη μακροθυμεῖ, χρηστεύεται· ἡ ἀγάπη οὐ ζηλοῖ· ἡ ἀγάπη
WH omit
 οὐ περπερεύεται, οὐ φυσιοῦται,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own
B ⟨what is not her own⟩
, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
5 οὐκ ἀσχημονεῖ, οὐ ζητεῖ τὰ ἑαυτῆς, οὐ παροξύνεται, οὐ λογίζεται τὸ κακόν,
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
6 οὐ χαίρει ἐπὶ τῇ ἀδικίᾳ, συγχαίρει
WH συνχαίρει
 δὲ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ,
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
7 πάντα στέγει, πάντα πιστεύει, πάντα ἐλπίζει, πάντα ὑπομένει.
8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they
B ⟨prophecy, it⟩
 shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
8 Ἡ ἀγάπη οὐδέποτε ἐκπίπτει·
WH πίπτει.
 εἴτε δὲ προφητεῖαι, καταργηθήσονται· εἴτε γλῶσσαι, παύσονται· εἴτε γνῶσις, καταργηθήσεται.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
9 Ἐκ μέρους δὲ
WH γὰρ
 γινώσκομεν, καὶ ἐκ μέρους προφητεύομεν·
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then
ℵBA omit
 that which is in part shall be done away.
10 ὅταν δὲ ἔλθῃ τὸ τέλειον, τότε
WH omit
 τὸ ἐκ μέρους καταργηθήσεται.
11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but
ℵBA omit
 when I became a man, I put away childish things.
11 Ὅτε ἤμην νήπιος, ὡς νήπιος
WH omit
 ἐλάλουν, ὡς νήπιος ἐφρόνουν, ὡς νήπιος ἐλογιζόμην· [+]
WH ὡς νήπιος·
 ὅτε δὲ
WH omit
 γέγονα ἀνήρ, κατήργηκα τὰ τοῦ νηπίου.
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.
12 Βλέπομεν γὰρ ἄρτι δι’ ἐσόπτρου ἐν αἰνίγματι, τότε δὲ πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον· ἄρτι γινώσκω ἐκ μέρους, τότε δὲ ἐπιγνώσομαι καθὼς καὶ ἐπεγνώσθην.
13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
13 Νυνὶ δὲ μένει πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη, τὰ τρία ταῦτα· μείζων δὲ τούτων ἡ ἀγάπη.
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About the Greek Text

The Greek text displayed here follows The New Testament in the Original Greek: Byzantine Textform, edited by Maurice A. Robinson and William G. Pierpont (2nd ed., 2018). This has been collated, however, with the Greek text of Westcott and Hort (first published in 1881), and the variants are recorded in the notes.