1 Corinthians 13:3

And if all I have I make to feed the poor, and I deliver my body to burn, and love be not in me, I profit nothing.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 there were in me prophecy, and I knew all mysteries, and all knowledge, and though there were in me all faith, as that I could remove the mountain, and love were not in me, I should be nothing.

4LOVE is patient and benign; love envieth not; love is not tumultuous, nor inflated;

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Cross References

Matthew 6:1SEE that in your almsgiving you do it not before men, so as that you may be observed by them; otherwise no reward is for you with your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 23:5And all their works they do that they may be seen of men; for they widen their tephillin, and lengthen the fringes of their waving vestments,

Luke 18:28Shemun Kipha said to him, Behold, we have forsaken every thing, and have come after thee.

Luke 21:3And he said, Truth I say to you, That this poor widow hath thrown in more than every one:

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

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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