1 Corinthians 13:3
If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
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In Context
4Love is patient and is kind; love does not envy. Love does not brag, is not proud,
Cross References
Jeremiah 7:8Behold, you trust in lying words, that can't profit.
Matthew 6:1"Be careful that you do not do your acts of charity before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 23:5But all their works they do to be seen by others. They make their tefillin broad and enlarge the fringe of their garments,
Luke 18:28Peter said, "Look, we have left our homes and followed you."
Luke 21:3He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,
John 12:43for they loved men's praise more than God's praise.
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 →