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1 Corinthians 13:2

Though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Though I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have no love, I am become a clanging brass, or a clashing cymbal.

3And though I sell all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it avails me nothing.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:11"Why do you speak to them in parables?" Jesus answered. "To you it has been granted to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it has not been granted.

Matthew 21:19and when he saw a solitary fig tree beside the road, he went to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. And he said to it, "Let no man gather fruit from you forever." And at once the fig tree withered away.

Mark 11:22"Take hold on God’s faithfulness," said Jesus to them in reply.

Romans 11:25For I would not, my brothers, have you ignorant of this hidden truth, for fear that you become wise in your own conceits. that a hardening in part has befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles is come in.

1 Corinthians 4:1Let any man look upon us as servants of Christ, and stewards of the secret truths 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 →

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