13:1

Εαν ταις γλωσσαις των ανθρωπων λαλω και των αγγελων αγαπην δε μη εχω γεγονα χαλκος ηχων η κυμβαλον αλαλαζον

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

13:2

και εαν εχω προφητειαν και ειδω τα μυστηρια παντα και πασαν την γνωσιν και εαν εχω πασαν την πιστιν ωστε ορη μεθισταναι αγαπην δε μη εχω ουθεν ειμι

And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

13:3

καν ψωμισω παντα τα υπαρχοντα μου και εαν παραδω το σωμα μου ινα καυχησωμαι αγαπην δε μη εχω ουδεν ωφελουμαι

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.

13:4

Η αγαπη μακροθυμει χρηστευεται η αγαπη ου ζηλοι η αγαπη ου περπερευεται ου φυσιουται

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

13:5

ουκ ασχημονει ου ζητει τα εαυτης ου παροξυνεται ου λογιζεται το κακον

doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;

13:6

ου χαιρει επι τη αδικια συνχαιρει δε τη αληθεια

rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;

13:7

παντα στεγει παντα πιστευει παντα ελπιζει παντα υπομενει

beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

13:8

Η αγαπη ουδεποτε πιπτει ειτε δε προφητειαι καταργηθησονται ειτε γλωσσαι παυσονται ειτε γνωσις καταργηθησεται

Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away.

13:9

εκ μερους γαρ γινωσκομεν και εκ μερους προφητευομεν

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;

13:10

οταν δε ελθη το τελειον το εκ μερους καταργηθησεται

but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.

13:11

Οτε ημην νηπιος ελαλουν ως νηπιος εφρονουν ως νηπιος ελογιζομην ως νηπιος οτε γεγονα ανηρ κατηργηκα τα του νηπιου

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.

13:12

βλεπομεν γαρ αρτι δι εσοπτρου εν αινιγματι τοτε δε προσωπον προς προσωπον αρτι γινωσκω εκ μερους τοτε δε επιγνωσομαι καθως και επεγνωσθην

For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known.

13:13

Νυνι δε μενει πιστις ελπις αγαπη τα τρια ταυτα μειζων δε τουτων η αγαπη

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

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