1 Corinthians 13:3
And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up;
Cross References
Jeremiah 7:8Behold you put your trust in lying words, which shall not profit you:
Matthew 6:1Take heed that you do not your justice before men, to be seen by them: otherwise you shall not have a reward of your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 23:5And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge their fringes.
Luke 18:28Then Peter said: Behold, we have left all things, and have followed thee.
Luke 21:3And he said: Verily I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast 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 →