1 Corinthians 13 - Compare Translations
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1 Corinthians 13:1
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.
YLTIf with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling;
1 Corinthians 13:2
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.
YLTand if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;
1 Corinthians 13:3
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.
YLTand if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:4
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,
YLTThe love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,
1 Corinthians 13:5
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;
YLTdoth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,
1 Corinthians 13:6
KJVRejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
WEBdoesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
YLTrejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth;
1 Corinthians 13:7
KJVBeareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
WEBbears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
YLTall things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.
1 Corinthians 13:8
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.
YLTThe love doth never fail; and whether [there be] prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless;
1 Corinthians 13:9
KJVFor we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
WEBFor we know in part, and we prophesy in part;
YLTfor in part we know, and in part we prophecy;
1 Corinthians 13:10
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1 Corinthians 13:11
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.
YLTWhen I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;
1 Corinthians 13:12
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.
YLTfor we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known;
1 Corinthians 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.
YLTand now there doth remain faith, hope, love -- these three; and the greatest of these [is] love.
13 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT