GNT

1 ἐὰν ταῖς γλώσσαις τῶν ἀνθρώπων λαλῶ καὶ τῶν ἀγγέλων, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, γέγονα χαλκὸς ἠχῶν ἢ κύμβαλον ἀλαλάζον.

2 καὶ ἐὰν ἔχω προφητείαν καὶ εἰδῶ τὰ μυστήρια πάντα καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γνῶσιν, καὶ ἐὰν ἔχω πᾶσαν τὴν πίστιν ὥστε ὄρη μεθιστάναι, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐθέν εἰμι.

3 κἂν ψωμίσω πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντά μου, καὶ ἐὰν παραδῶ τὸ σῶμά μου ἵνα καυχήσωμαι, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐδὲν ὠφελοῦμαι.

4 ἡ ἀγάπη μακροθυμεῖ, χρηστεύεται ἡ ἀγάπη, οὐ ζηλοῖ, [ἡ ἀγάπη] οὐ περπερεύεται, οὐ φυσιοῦται,

5 οὐκ ἀσχημονεῖ, οὐ ζητεῖ τὰ ἑαυτῆς, οὐ παροξύνεται, οὐ λογίζεται τὸ κακόν,

6 οὐ χαίρει ἐπὶ τῇ ἀδικίᾳ, συγχαίρει δὲ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ·

7 πάντα στέγει, πάντα πιστεύει, πάντα ἐλπίζει, πάντα ὑπομένει.

8 ἡ ἀγάπη οὐδέποτε πίπτει. εἴτε δὲ προφητεῖαι, καταργηθήσονται· εἴτε γλῶσσαι, παύσονται· εἴτε γνῶσις, καταργηθήσεται.

9 ἐκ μέρους γὰρ γινώσκομεν καὶ ἐκ μέρους προφητεύομεν·

10 ὅταν δὲ ἔλθῃ τὸ τέλειον, τὸ ἐκ μέρους καταργηθήσεται.

11 ὅτε ἤμην νήπιος, ἐλάλουν ὡς νήπιος, ἐφρόνουν ὡς νήπιος, ἐλογιζόμην ὡς νήπιος· ὅτε γέγονα ἀνήρ, κατήργηκα τὰ τοῦ νηπίου.

12 βλέπομεν γὰρ ἄρτι δι᾽ ἐσόπτρου ἐν αἰνίγματι, τότε δὲ πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον· ἄρτι γινώσκω ἐκ μέρους, τότε δὲ ἐπιγνώσομαι καθὼς καὶ ἐπεγνώσθην.

13 νυνὶ δὲ μένει πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη, τὰ τρία ταῦτα· μείζων δὲ τούτων ἡ ἀγάπη.

KJV

1  Though¹⁴³⁷ I speak²⁹⁸⁰ with the³⁵⁸⁸ tongues¹¹⁰⁰ of men⁴⁴⁴ and²⁵³² of angels,³² and¹¹⁶¹ have²¹⁹² not³³⁶¹ charity,²⁶ I am become¹⁰⁹⁶ as sounding²²⁷⁸ brass,⁵⁴⁷⁵ or²²²⁸ a tinkling²¹⁴ cymbal.²⁹⁵⁰

2  And²⁵³² though¹⁴³⁷ I have²¹⁹² the gift of prophecy,⁴³⁹⁴ and²⁵³² understand¹⁴⁹² all³⁹⁵⁶ mysteries,³⁴⁶⁶ and²⁵³² all³⁹⁵⁶ knowledge;¹¹⁰⁸ and²⁵³² though¹⁴³⁷ I have²¹⁹² all³⁹⁵⁶ faith,⁴¹⁰² so that⁵⁶²⁰ I could remove³¹⁷⁹ mountains,³⁷³⁵ and¹¹⁶¹ have²¹⁹² not³³⁶¹ charity,²⁶ I am¹⁵¹⁰ nothing.³⁷⁶²

3  And²⁵³² though¹⁴³⁷ I bestow all my goods to feed^{5595 3956 3450 5224} the poor, and²⁵³² though¹⁴³⁷ I give³⁸⁶⁰ my³⁴⁵⁰ body⁴⁹⁸³ to²⁴⁴³ be burned,²⁵⁴⁵ and²⁵³² have²¹⁹² not³³⁶¹ charity,²⁶ it profiteth⁵⁶²³ me nothing.³⁷⁶²

4  Charity²⁶ suffereth long,³¹¹⁴ and is kind;⁵⁵⁴¹ charity²⁶ envieth²²⁰⁶ not;³⁷⁵⁶ charity²⁶ vaunteth not itself,^{4068 3756} is not³⁷⁵⁶ puffed up,⁵⁴⁴⁸

5  Doth not³⁷⁵⁶ behave itself unseemly,⁸⁰⁷ seeketh²²¹² not³⁷⁵⁶ her own,¹⁴³⁸ is not³⁷⁵⁶ easily provoked,³⁹⁴⁷ thinketh³⁰⁴⁹ no³⁷⁵⁶ evil;²⁵⁵⁶

6  Rejoiceth⁵⁴⁶³ not³⁷⁵⁶ in¹⁹⁰⁹ iniquity,⁹³ but¹¹⁶¹ rejoiceth⁴⁷⁹⁶ in the³⁵⁸⁸ truth;²²⁵

7  Beareth⁴⁷²² all things,³⁹⁵⁶ believeth⁴¹⁰⁰ all things,³⁹⁵⁶ hopeth¹⁶⁷⁹ all things,³⁹⁵⁶ endureth⁵²⁷⁸ all things.³⁹⁵⁶

8  Charity²⁶ never³⁷⁶³ faileth:¹⁶⁰¹ but¹¹⁶¹ whether¹⁵³⁵ there be prophecies,⁴³⁹⁴ they shall fail;²⁶⁷³ whether¹⁵³⁵ there be tongues,¹¹⁰⁰ they shall cease;³⁹⁷³ whether¹⁵³⁵ there be knowledge,¹¹⁰⁸ it shall vanish away.²⁶⁷³

9  For¹⁰⁶³ we know¹⁰⁹⁷ in¹⁵³⁷ part,³³¹³ and²⁵³² we prophesy⁴³⁹⁵ in¹⁵³⁷ part.³³¹³

10  But¹¹⁶¹ when³⁷⁵² that which is perfect⁵⁰⁴⁶ is come,²⁰⁶⁴ then⁵¹¹⁹ that³⁵⁸⁸ which is in¹⁵³⁷ part³³¹³ shall be done away.²⁶⁷³

11  When³⁷⁵³ I was²²⁵² a child,³⁵¹⁶ I spake²⁹⁸⁰ as⁵⁶¹³ a child,³⁵¹⁶ I understood⁵⁴²⁶ as⁵⁶¹³ a child,³⁵¹⁶ I thought³⁰⁴⁹ as⁵⁶¹³ a child:³⁵¹⁶ but¹¹⁶¹ when³⁷⁵³ I became¹⁰⁹⁶ a man,⁴³⁵ I put away²⁶⁷³ childish things.^{3588 3516}

12  For¹⁰⁶³ now⁷³⁷ we see⁹⁹¹ through¹²²³ a glass,²⁰⁷² darkly;^{1722 135} but¹¹⁶¹ then⁵¹¹⁹ face⁴³⁸³ to⁴³¹⁴ face:⁴³⁸³ now⁷³⁷ I know¹⁰⁹⁷ in¹⁵³⁷ part;³³¹³ but¹¹⁶¹ then⁵¹¹⁹ shall I know¹⁹²¹ even as²⁵³¹ also²⁵³² I am known.¹⁹²¹

13  And¹¹⁶¹ now³⁵⁷⁰ abideth³³⁰⁶ faith,⁴¹⁰² hope,¹⁶⁸⁰ charity,²⁶ these⁵⁰²³ three;⁵¹⁴⁰ but¹¹⁶¹ the greatest³¹⁸⁷ of these⁵¹³⁰ is charity.²⁶

Vul

1 Si linguis hominum loquar, et angelorum, caritatem autem non habeam, factus sum velut æs sonans, aut cymbalum tinniens.

2 Et si habuero prophetiam, et noverim mysteria omnia, et omnem scientiam: et si habuero omnem fidem ita ut montes transferam, caritatem autem non habuero, nihil sum.

3 Et si distribuero in cibos pauperum omnes facultates meas, et si tradidero corpus meum ita ut ardeam, caritatem autem non habuero, nihil mihi prodest.

4 Caritas patiens est, benigna est. Caritas non æmulatur, non agit perperam, non inflatur,

5 non est ambitiosa, non quærit quæ sua sunt, non irritatur, non cogitat malum,

6 non gaudet super iniquitate, congaudet autem veritati:

7 omnia suffert, omnia credit, omnia sperat, omnia sustinet.

8 Caritas numquam excidit: sive prophetiæ evacuabuntur, sive linguæ cessabunt, sive scientia destruetur.

9 Ex parte enim cognoscimus, et ex parte prophetamus.

10 Cum autem venerit quod perfectum est, evacuabitur quod ex parte est.

11 Cum essem parvulus, loquebar ut parvulus, cogitabam ut parvulus. Quando autem factus sum vir, evacuavi quæ erant parvuli.

12 Videmus nunc per speculum in ænigmate: tunc autem facie ad faciem. Nunc cognosco ex parte: tunc autem cognoscam sicut et cognitus sum.

13 Nunc autem manent fides, spes, caritas, tria hæc: major autem horum est caritas.