{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/1-corinthians/13","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-02T19:42:09.603Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"1 Corinthians","bookSlug":"1-corinthians","chapter":13,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":12,"nextChapter":14,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"IF I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up; "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil; "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth; "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Charity never falleth away: whether prophecies shall be made void, or tongues shall cease, or knowledge shall be destroyed. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But, when I became a man, I put away the things of a child. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"We see now through a glass in a dark manner; but then face to face. Now I know I part; but then I shall know even as I am known. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity. "}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Corinthians 13 (DRB)","markdown":"[1 Corinthians 13](https://primebible.com/drb/1-corinthians/13)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/1-corinthians/13 (accessed 2026-06-02)."}}