“Let Me declare your righteousness and your works, for they do not profit you.
1 Corinthians 13:3 - The Scriptures 2009 And if I give out all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but do not have love, I am not profited at all. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Even if I dole out all that I have [to the poor in providing] food, and if I surrender my body to be burned or in order that I may glory, but have not love (God's love in me), I gain nothing. American Standard Version (1901) And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing. Common English Bible 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. Catholic Public Domain Version And if I distribute all my goods in order to feed the poor, and if I hand over my body to be burned, yet not have charity, it offers me nothing. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. |
“Let Me declare your righteousness and your works, for they do not profit you.
And they do all their works to be seen by men, and they make their t’fillen wide and lengthen the tzitzit of their garments,
And hearing this, יהושע said to him, “Yet one you lack: Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven. And come, follow Me.”
But Zakkai stood up and said to the Master, “Look, Master, I give half of my possessions to the poor. And if I have taken whatever from anyone by false accusation, I repay fourfold.”
Kĕpha said to Him, “Master, why am I unable to follow You now? I shall lay down my life for You.”
“No one has greater love than this: that one should lay down his life for his friends.
It is the Spirit that gives life, the flesh does not profit at all. The words that I speak to you are Spirit and are life.
And Sha’ul answered, “What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Yerushalayim for the Name of the Master יהושע.”
Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
doing none at all through selfishness or self-conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
For bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but reverence is profitable for all, having promise of the present life, and of that which is to come.
Do not be borne about by various and strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be established by favour, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.