1 Corinthians 13:3

And though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and though I deliver up my body to be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And 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 love, I am nothing.

4Love suffers long, and is kind; love envies not; love boasts not; is not vain,

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Cross References

Matthew 6:1Beware of doing your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 23:5And they do all their works for the purpose of being seen by men. They make their amulets broad, and enlarge the fringes of their mantles.

Luke 18:28Then Peter said: Behold, we have left all and followed thee.

Luke 21:3And he said: Of a truth, I say to you, that this poor widow has thrown in more than they all.

John 12:43for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 13:2-4

On Spiritual Gifts. ( a. d. 57.) 1 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. 2 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. 3 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. Here the apostle shows… Read the whole commentary →

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