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If I have the gift of prophecy and know all the mysteries and have all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away everything I own, and if I give up my body that I may be burned[a] but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient. Love is kind. Love does not envy. It does not brag. It is not arrogant.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 13:3 A few witnesses to the text read that I may boast.

If I have the gift of prophecy(A) and can fathom all mysteries(B) and all knowledge,(C) and if I have a faith(D) that can move mountains,(E) but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor(F) and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[a](G) but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient,(H) love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.(I)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 13:3 Some manuscripts body to the flames