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1 Corinthians 13

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Introduction

1  All gifts,
3  how excellent soever, are nothing worth without charity.
4  The praises thereof,
13  and prelation before hope and faith.
Verse 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.
I speak
2,3, 12:8,16,29,30, 14:6, 2 Corinthians 12:4, 2 Peter 2:18
have not
8:1, Matthew 25:45, Romans 14:15, Galatians 5:6,22, 1 Timothy 1:5, 1 Peter 4:8
as
14:7,8
Verse 2

And 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.
I have the
12:8-10,28, 14:1,6-9, Numbers 24:15-24, Matthew 7:22,23
understand
4:1, Matthew 13:11, Romans 11:25, 16:25, Ephesians 3:4, 6:19, Colossians 1:26, 1 Timothy 3:16
and though I have all
12:9, Matthew 17:20, 21:21, Mark 11:22,23, Luke 17:5,6
and have
1,3, 16:22, Galatians 5:16,22, 1 John 4:8,20,21
I am
3, 7:19, 8:4, Matthew 21:19, 2 Corinthians 12:11, Galatians 6:3
Verse 3

And 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.
though I bestow
Matthew 6:1-4, 23:5, Luke 18:22,28, 19:8, 21:3,4, John 12:43, Galatians 5:26, Philippians 1:15-18
though I give
Daniel 3:16-28, Matthew 7:22,23, John 13:37, 15:13, Acts 21:13, Philippians 1:20,21, 2:3
profiteth
Isaiah 57:12, Jeremiah 7:8, John 6:63, 1 Timothy 4:8, Hebrews 13:9, James 2:14-17
Verse 4

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
suffereth
Proverbs 10:12, 2 Corinthians 6:6, Galatians 5:22, Ephesians 4:2, Colossians 1:11, 3:12, 2 Timothy 2:25, 3:10, 2 Timothy 4:2, James 3:17, 1 Peter 4:8
is kind
Nehemiah 9:17, Proverbs 19:22, 31:20,26, Luke 6:35,36, Ephesians 4:32, Colossians 3:12, 1 Peter 3:8, 2 Peter 1:7, 1 John 3:16-18, 4:11
envieth
3:3, Genesis 30:1, 37:11, Matthew 27:18, Romans 1:29, 13:13, 2 Corinthians 12:20, Galatians 5:21,26, Philippians 1:15, 1 Timothy 6:4, Titus 3:3, James 3:14-16, 4:5, 1 Peter 2:1
vaunteth not itself
or, is not rash.
1 Samuel 25:21,22,33,34, 1 Kings 20:10,11, Psalms 10:5, Proverbs 13:10, 17:14, 25:8-10, Ecclesiastes 7:8,9, 10:4, Daniel 3:19-22
is not
4:6,18, 5:2, 8:1, Colossians 2:18, Philippians 2:1-5
Verse 5

Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
behave
7:36; *Gr:; 11:13-16,18,21,22, 14:33-40, Isaiah 3:5, Philippians 4:8, 2 Thessalonians 3:7
seeketh
10:24,33, 12:25, Romans 14:12-15, 15:1,2, Galatians 5:13, 6:1,2, Philippians 2:3-5,21, 2 Timothy 2:10, 1 John 3:16,17
is not
Numbers 12:3, 16:15, 20:10-12, Psalms 106:32,33, Proverbs 14:17, Matthew 5:22, Mark 3:5, James 1:19
thinketh
2 Samuel 10:3, Job 21:27, Jeremiah 11:19, 18:18-20, 40:13-16, Matthew 9:4, Luke 7:39
Verse 6

Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
Rejoiceth not
1 Samuel 23:19-21, 2 Samuel 4:10-12, Psalms 10:3, 119:136, Proverbs 14:9, Jeremiah 9:1, 13:17, Jeremiah 20:10, Hosea 4:8, 7:3, Micah 7:8, Luke 19:41,42, 22:5, Romans 1:32, Philippians 3:18
rejoiceth
Exodus 18:9, Joshua 22:22-33, Romans 12:9, 2 Corinthians 7:9-16, Philippians 1:4,18, 2:17,18, 1 Thessalonians 3:6-10, 2 John 1:4, 3 John 1:3
in the truth
or, "with the truth."
Verse 7

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Beareth
4, Numbers 11:12-14, Deuteronomy 1:9, Proverbs 10:12, Song of Solomon 8:6,7, Romans 15:1, Galatians 6:2, Hebrews 13:13, 1 Peter 2:24, 4:8
believeth
Psalms 119:66
hopeth
Luke 7:37-39,44-46, 19:4-10, Romans 8:24
endureth
9:18-22, Genesis 29:20, Job 13:15, Matthew 10:22, 2 Corinthians 11:8-12, 2 Thessalonians 1:4, 2 Timothy 2:3-10,24, 3:11, 4:5, James 1:12
Verse 8

Charity 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.
never
10,13, Luke 22:32, Galatians 5:6
tongues
1, 12:10,28-30, 14:39, Acts 2:4, 19:6
vanish
Jeremiah 49:7, Hebrews 8:13
Verse 9

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
12, 2:9, 8:2, Job 11:7,8, 26:14, Psalms 40:5, 139:6, Proverbs 30:4, Matthew 11:27, Romans 11:34, Ephesians 3:8,18,19, Colossians 2:2,3, 1 Peter 1:10-12, 1 John 3:2
Verse 10

But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
12, Isaiah 24:23, 60:19,20, 2 Corinthians 5:7,8, Revelation 21:22,23, 22:4,5
Verse 11

When 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.
I spake
3:1,2, 14:20, Ecclesiastes 11:10, Galatians 4:1
thought
or, reasoned.
Verse 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.
we see
2 Corinthians 3:18, 5:7, Philippians 3:12, James 1:23
darkly
Gr. in a riddle.
Judges 14:12-19, Ezekiel 17:2
face
Exodus 33:11, Numbers 12:8, Matthew 5:8, 18:10, Romans 8:18, 1 John 3:2, Revelation 22:4
now
9,10, John 10:15
Verse 13

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
abideth
3:14, 1 Peter 1:21, 1 John 2:14,24, 3:9
faith
Luke 8:13-15, 22:32, Galatians 5:6, Hebrews 10:35,39, 11:1-7, 1 John 5:1-5
hope
Psalms 42:11, 43:5, 146:5, Lamentations 3:21-26, Romans 5:4,5, 8:24,25, 15:13, Colossians 1:5,27, 1 Thessalonians 5:8, Hebrews 6:11,19, 1 Peter 1:21, 1 John 3:3
charity
1-8, 8:1,3, 2 Corinthians 5:10,15, Galatians 5:6, 1 John 2:10, 4:7-18
the greatest
8, 14:1, 16:14, Mark 12:29-31, Luke 10:27, Galatians 5:13-22, Philippians 1:9, Colossians 3:14, 1 Timothy 1:5, 2 Timothy 1:7, 1 John 4:7-9, 2 John 1:4-6

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