1 Corinthians 13:1

If I may speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not divine love, I have become a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And if I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not divine love, I am nothing.

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Cross References

Romans 14:15But if your brother is grieved on account of your meat, you are no longer walking in divine love. Do not by your meat destroy him for whom Christ died.

1 Corinthians 12:8For indeed to one the word of wisdom has been given by the Spirit; and to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

1 Corinthians 12:29Whether are all apostles? whether are all prophets? whether are all teachers? whether are all dynamites?

1 Corinthians 13:8Divine love never falls: but whether there are prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there are tongues, they shall cease; whether there is knowledge, it shall vanish away.

2 Corinthians 12:4that he was caught up to Paradise, and heard unutterable words, which it is impossible for a man to speak.

Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is divine love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 13:1

In this chapter the apostle goes on to show more particularly what that more excellent way was of which he had just before been speaking. He recommends it, I. By showing the necessity and importance of it, ver. 1-3 . II. By giving a description of its properties and fruits, ver. 4-7 . III. By showing how much it excels the best of gifts and other graces, by its continuance, when they shall be no longer in being, or of any use, ver. 8, to the end . Read the whole commentary →

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