1 Corinthians 13 - Easy To Read Version

¹ I may speak in different languages of men or even angels. But if I don’t have love, then I am only a noisy bell or a ringing cymbal.

² I may have the gift of prophecy {\cf2\super [93]} ; I may understand all the secret things \{of God\} and know everything; and I may have faith so great that I can move mountains. But even with all these things, if I don’t have love, then I am nothing.

³ I may give everything I have to feed people. And I may even give my body \{as an offering\} to be burned. But I gain nothing by doing these things if I don’t have love.

⁴ Love is patient, and love is kind. Love is not jealous, it does not boast, and it is not proud.

⁵ Love is not rude, love is not selfish, and love does not become angry easily. Love does not remember wrongs done against it.

⁶ Love is not happy with evil, but love is happy with the truth.

⁷ Love patiently accepts all things. Love always trusts, always hopes, and always continues strong.

⁸ Love never ends. There are \{gifts of\} prophecy, {\cf2\super [94]} but they will be ended. There are \{gifts of speaking in different kinds of\} languages, but those gifts will end. There is \{the gift of\} knowledge, but it will be ended.

⁹ These things will end, because this knowledge and these prophecies we have are not complete (not perfect).

¹⁰ But when perfection comes, the things that are not complete will end.

¹¹ When I was a child, I talked like a child; I thought like a child; I made plans like a child. When I became a man, I stopped those childish ways.

¹² It is the same with us. Now we see like we are looking into a dark mirror. But at that time, in the future, we shall see clearly. Now I know only a part. But at that time I will know fully, like God has known me.

¹³ So these three things continue: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love.