{"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/kjv/1-corinthians/13","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-28T20:59:14.617Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"1 Corinthians","bookSlug":"1-corinthians","chapter":13,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":12,"nextChapter":14,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become <i>as</i> sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And though I have <i>the gift of</i> prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And though I bestow all my goods to feed <i>the poor</i>, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Charity suffereth long, <i>and</i> is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Charity never faileth: but whether <i>there be</i> prophecies, they shall fail; whether <i>there be</i> tongues, they shall cease; whether <i>there be</i> knowledge, it shall vanish away."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For we know in part, and we prophesy in part."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these <i>is</i> charity."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Corinthians 13 (KJV)","markdown":"[1 Corinthians 13](https://primebible.com/kjv/1-corinthians/13)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/1-corinthians/13 (accessed 2026-05-28)."}}