1 Corinthians 13:3

And if I should feed out to the destitute all I possess; and if I should give my body to be burned; and there should be no love in me, I gain nothing.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 if there should be in me the gift of prophecy, and I should understand all the mysteries, and every science; and if there should be in me all faith, so that I could move mountains, and love should not be in me, I should be nothing.

4Love is long-suffering, and is kind; love is not envious; love is not boisterous; and is not inflated;

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Cross References

Matthew 6:1Be cautious in your alms-giving, not to perform it before men, so that ye may be seen of them: otherwise, ye have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 23:5And all their works they do, to be seen of men: for they make their phylacteries broad, and extend the fringes of their garments.

Luke 18:28Simon Cephas said to him: Lo, we have left every thing, and come after thee.

Luke 21:3And he said: Truly I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than any one.

John 12:43for they loved the praise of men, more than the praise 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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