1. If I speak in tongues of human beings and of angels but I don’t have love, I’m a clanging gong or a clashing cymbal.
2. If I have the gift of prophecy and I know all the mysteries and everything else, and if I have such complete faith that I can move mountains but I don’t have love, I’m nothing.
3. If I give away everything that I have and hand over my own body to feel good about what I’ve done but I don’t have love, I receive no benefit whatsoever.
4. Love is patient, love is kind, it isn’t jealous, it doesn’t brag, it isn’t arrogant,
5. it isn’t rude, it doesn’t seek its own advantage, it isn’t irritable, it doesn’t keep a record of complaints,
6. it isn’t happy with injustice, but it is happy with the truth.
7. Love puts up with all things, trusts in all things, hopes for all things, endures all things.
8. Love never fails. As for prophecies, they will be brought to an end. As for tongues, they will stop. As for knowledge, it will be brought to an end.
9. We know in part and we prophesy in part;