I will expose your ‘righteousness’, and your deeds—they will not profit you.
1 Corinthians 13:3 - Tree of Life Version If I give away all that I own and if I hand over my body so I might boast 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 expose your ‘righteousness’, and your deeds—they will not profit you.
All their works they do to be noticed by men. They make their tefillin wide and their tzitziyot long.
When Yeshua heard this, He said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all, as much as you have, and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
Then Peter said, “Look, we’ve left everything of our own to follow You.”
But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord. “Look, Master, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have somehow cheated anyone, I repay four times as much!”
Peter said to Him, “Master, why can’t I follow You now? I’ll lay down my life for You!”
No one has greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is of no benefit. The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and are life!
Then Paul responded, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but to die for the name of the Lord Yeshua!”
Let us not become conceited—provoking one another, envying one another.
Do nothing out of selfishness or conceit, but with humility consider others as more important than yourselves,
For physical exercise has some benefit; but godliness is beneficial for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the one to come.
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 foods that have not benefited those occupied by them.