1 Corinthians 13:3

And though I bestowed all my gooddes to fede the poore and though I gave my body even that I burned and yet had no love it profeteth me nothinge.

Tyndale New Testament

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 I coulde prophesy and vnderstode all secretes and all knowledge: yee yf I had all fayth so that I coulde move mountayns oute of ther places and yet had no love I were nothynge.

4Love suffreth longe and is corteous. Love envieth not. Love doth not frowardly swelleth not

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Cross References

Matthew 6:1Take hede to youre almes. That ye geve it not in the syght of men to the intent that the wolde be sene of them. Or els ye get no rewarde of youre father which is in heven.

Matthew 23:5All their workes they do for to be sene of me. They set abroade their philateries and make large borders on there garmetes

Luke 18:28Then Peter sayde: Loo we have lefte all and have folowed the.

Luke 21:3And he sayde: of a trueth I saye vnto you this poore wyddowe hath put in moare then they all.

John 12:43For they loved the prayse that is geven of men more then the prayse that cometh 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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