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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 profits me nothing.

¶ Charity suffers long and is benign; charity envies not; charity does nothing without due reason, is not puffed up,

is not injurious, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil,

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If I give all I possess to the poor(A) and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[a](B) but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient,(C) love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.(D) It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,(E) it is not easily angered,(F) it keeps no record of wrongs.(G)

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Footnotes

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