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| | |Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. | | |Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. |
| − | | | + | |If I could speak all the languages of men and angels but I didn't have love, I would just be making noise like a gong or cymbal. |
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| | |And though I have the gift of 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. | | |And though I have the gift of 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. |
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| − | | | + | |And if I had the gift of prophecy and understood all mysteries and knew everything, if I had enough faith to move mountains-- Without love, I am nothing. |
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| | |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. | | |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. |
| − | | | + | |And if I gave everything I own to feed the poor, if I gave my body to be burned-- Without love, I gain nothing. |
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| | |Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, | | |Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, |
| − | | | + | |Love is patient and kind. It doesn't envy. It doesn't boast, it isn't inflated. |
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| | |Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; | | |Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; |
| − | | | + | |It isn't rude or self serving. It isn't quick to anger. It doesn't focus its thoughts on wrong things. |
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| | |Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; | | |Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; |
| − | | | + | |It doesn't rejoice in evil; it rejoices in the truth. |
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| | |Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. | | |Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. |
| − | | | + | |It bears everything, believes everything, hopes everything, endures everything. |
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