1 Corinthians 13:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

If I give away all my possessions and if I hand over my body so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.

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King 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.

1 Corinthians 13:3 Cross References

Isaiah 57:12

I will announce your verdict, and the objects you made will not help you.

Jeremiah 7:8

Here you are, trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

Matthew 23:5

They do all their deeds to be seen by others, for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one thing lacking. Sell all that you own and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

Luke 18:28

Then Peter said, “Look, we have left our homes and followed you.”

Luke 19:8

Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.”

John 12:43

for they loved human glory more than the glory that comes from God.

John 13:37

Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”

John 15:13

No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

John 6:63

It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Galatians 5:26

Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.

Philippians 2:3

Do nothing from selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.

1 Timothy 4:8

for, while physical training is of some value, godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by regulations about food, which have not benefited those who observe them.