1 Corinthians 13:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

What if I could speak all languages of humans and of angels? If I did not love others, I would be nothing more than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Cross References

1 Timothy 1:5

You must teach people to have genuine love, as well as a good conscience and true faith.

1 Peter 4:8

Most important of all, you must sincerely love each other, because love wipes away many sins.

Galatians 5:22

God's Spirit makes us loving, happy, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful,

1 Corinthians 13:8

Love never fails! Everyone who prophesies will stop, and unknown languages will no longer be spoken. All that we know will be forgotten.

Galatians 5:6

If you are a follower of Christ Jesus, it makes no difference whether you are circumcised or not. All that matters is your faith that makes you love others.

1 Corinthians 8:1

In your letter you asked me about food offered to idols. All of us know something about this subject. But knowledge makes us proud of ourselves, while love makes us helpful to others.

2 Peter 2:18

They boast out loud about their stupid nonsense. And by being vulgar and crude, they trap people who have barely escaped from living the wrong kind of life.

Romans 14:15

If you are hurting others by the foods you eat, you are not guided by love. Don't let your appetite destroy someone Christ died for.

Matthew 25:45

The king will say to them, “Whenever you failed to help any of my people, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you failed to do it for me.”

1 Corinthians 12:8

Some of us can speak with wisdom, while others can speak with knowledge, but these gifts come from the same Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:16

Or suppose an ear says, “I'm not an eye, and so I'm not part of the body.” Wouldn't the ear still belong to the body?

2 Corinthians 12:4

But he was taken up into paradise, where he heard things that are too wonderful to tell.

Psalm 150:5

Praise God with cymbals, with clashing cymbals.

Mark 16:17

Everyone who believes me will be able to do wonderful things. By using my name they will force out demons, and they will speak new languages.

1 Corinthians 12:10

or the power to perform mighty miracles. Some of us are prophets, and some of us recognize when God's Spirit is present. Others can speak different kinds of languages, and still others can tell what these languages mean.

1 Corinthians 14:2

If you speak languages that others don't know, God will understand what you are saying, though no one else will know what you mean. You will be talking about mysteries that only the Spirit understands.

1 Corinthians 14:4

By speaking languages that others don't know, you help only yourself. But by prophesying you help everyone in the church.

1 Corinthians 14:5

I am glad for you to speak unknown languages, although I would rather you prophesied. In fact, prophesying does much more good than speaking unknown languages, unless someone can help the church by explaining what you mean.

Revelation 14:2

Then I heard a sound from heaven that was like a roaring flood or loud thunder or even like the music of harps.