1 Corinthians 13:3
Suppose that I give all I own to feed the poor, and that I give my body to be burned. But if I do not have love, I gain nothing. + 13:3 The ULB and UDB, together with most versions, read, I give my body to be burned . Some older versions read, I give my body so that I might boast .
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4Love is patient and kind. Love does not envy or boast. It is not arrogant
Cross References
Jeremiah 7:8Behold! You are trusting in deceitful words that do not help you.
Matthew 6:1Take heed that you do not do your acts of righteousness before people to be seen by them, or else you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 23:5They do all their deeds to be seen by people. For they make their phylacteries wide, and they enlarge the edges of their garments.
Luke 18:28Peter said, “Well, we have left everything that is our own and have followed you.”
Luke 21:3So he said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them.
John 12:43They loved the praise that comes from people more than the praise that comes from 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 →