1 Corinthians 13:13
But for now, these three continue: faith, hope, and charity. And the greatest of these is charity.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 146:5Great is our Lord, and great is his virtue. And of his wisdom, there is no number.
Mark 12:29And Jesus answered him: “For the first commandment of all is this: ‘Listen, O Israel. The Lord your God is one God.
Luke 10:27In response, he said: “You shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart, and from your whole soul, and from all your strength, and from all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”
Romans 5:4and patience leads to proving, yet truly proving leads to hope,
Romans 15:13So may the God of hope fill you with every joy and with peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope and in the virtue of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 13:9-13
Charity Commended. ( a. d. 57.) 8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see through a glass,… Read the whole commentary →