1 Corinthians 13:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹ If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ IF I [can] speak in the tongues of men and [even] of angels, but have not love (that reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion such as is inspired by God's love for and in us), I am only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

Common English Bible

¹ If I speak in tongues of human beings and of angels but I don’t have love, I’m a clanging gong or a clashing cymbal.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ If I were to speak in the language of men, or of Angels, yet not have charity, I would be like a clanging bell or a crashing cymbal.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ IF I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

1 Corinthians 13:1 Cross References

Psalm 150:5

Praise him upon the loud cymbals: Praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

Matthew 25:45

Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me.

Mark 16:17

And these signs shall follow them that believe: in my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

Romans 14:15

For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died.

1 Corinthians 12:10

and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits: to another divers kinds of tongues; and to another the interpretation of tongues:

1 Corinthians 12:16

And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body.

1 Corinthians 12:8

For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom; and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit:

1 Corinthians 13:8

Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away.

1 Corinthians 14:2

For he that speaketh in a tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God; for no man understandeth; but in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

1 Corinthians 14:4

He that speaketh in a tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.

1 Corinthians 14:5

Now I would have you all speak with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy: and greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth.

2 Corinthians 12:4

how that he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

1 Timothy 1:5

But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned:

1 Peter 4:8

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

2 Peter 2:18

For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error;

Revelation 14:2

And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and the voice which I heard was as the voice of harpers harping with their harps: