I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
1 Corinthians 13:3 - King James Version - American Edition 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
And Zacche´us stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Let us not be desirous of vainglory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines: for it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.