I will tell of your righteousness and your doings, but they will not help you.
1 Corinthians 13:3 - Revised Standard Version If I give away all I have, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain 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 tell of your righteousness and your doings, but they will not help you.
They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long,
And when Jesus heard it, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of anything, I restore it fourfold.”
Peter said to him, “Lord, why cannot I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”
Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
Let us have no self-conceit, no provoking of one another, no envy of one another.
Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better than yourselves.
for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited their adherents.