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1 Corinthians 13

Highlighted words differ from the KJV. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    KJVThough I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
    WEBIf 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. 2
    KJVAnd 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.
    WEBIf 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. 3
    KJVAnd 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.
    WEBIf 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. 4
    KJVCharity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
    WEBLove is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,
  5. 5
    KJVDoth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
    WEBdoesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
  6. 6
    KJVRejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
    WEBdoesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
  7. 7
    KJVBeareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
    WEBbears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.
  8. 8
    KJVCharity 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.
    WEBLove never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.
  9. 9
    KJVFor we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
    WEBFor we know in part and we prophesy in part;
  10. 10
    KJVBut when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
    WEBbut when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.
  11. 11
    KJVWhen 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.
    WEBWhen I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.
  12. 12
    KJVFor 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.
    WEBFor now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.
  13. 13
    KJVAnd now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
    WEBBut now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.
  • King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.
  • World English Bible (WEB), public domain. “World English Bible” is a trademark of eBible.org.