What to type... | Here! |
If | |
I | |
speak | |
in | |
the | |
tongues | |
of | |
men | |
or | |
of | |
angels, | |
but | |
do | |
not | |
have | |
love, | |
I | |
am | |
only | |
a | |
resounding | |
gong | |
or | |
a | |
clanging | |
cymbal. | |
If | |
I | |
have | |
the | |
gift | |
of | |
prophecy | |
and | |
can | |
fathom | |
all | |
mysteries | |
and | |
all | |
knowledge, | |
and | |
if | |
I | |
have | |
a | |
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faith | |
that | |
can | |
move | |
mountains, | |
but | |
do | |
not | |
have | |
love, | |
I | |
am | |
nothing. | |
If | |
I | |
give | |
all | |
I | |
possess | |
to | |
the | |
poor | |
and | |
give | |
over | |
my | |
body | |
to | |
hardship | |
that | |
I | |
may | |
boast, | |
but | |
do | |
not | |
have | |
love, | |
I | |
gain | |
nothing. | |
Love | |
is | |
patient, | |
love | |
is | |
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kind. | |
It | |
does | |
not | |
envy, | |
it | |
does | |
not | |
boast, | |
it | |
is | |
not | |
proud. | |
It | |
does | |
not | |
dishonor | |
others, | |
it | |
is | |
not | |
self-seeking, | |
it | |
is | |
not | |
easily | |
angered, | |
it | |
keeps | |
no | |
record | |
of | |
wrongs. | |
Love | |
does | |
not | |
delight | |
in | |
evil | |
but | |
rejoices | |
with | |
the | |
truth. | |
It | |
always | |
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protects, | |
always | |
trusts, | |
always | |
hopes, | |
always | |
perseveres. | |
Love | |
never | |
fails. | |
But | |
where | |
there | |
are | |
prophecies, | |
they | |
will | |
cease; | |
where | |
there | |
are | |
tongues, | |
they | |
will | |
be | |
stilled; | |
where | |
there | |
is | |
knowledge, | |
it | |
will | |
pass | |
away. | |
For | |
we | |
know | |
in | |
part | |
and | |
we | |
prophesy | |
in | |
part, | |
but | |
when | |
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completeness | |
comes, | |
what | |
is | |
in | |
part | |
disappears. | |
When | |
I | |
was | |
a | |
child, | |
I | |
talked | |
like | |
a | |
child, | |
I | |
thought | |
like | |
a | |
child, | |
I | |
reasoned | |
like | |
a | |
child. | |
When | |
I | |
became | |
a | |
man, | |
I | |
put | |
the | |
ways | |
of | |
childhood | |
behind | |
me. | |
For | |
now | |
we | |
see | |
only | |
a | |
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reflection | |
as | |
in | |
a | |
mirror; | |
then | |
we | |
shall | |
see | |
face | |
to | |
face. | |
Now | |
I | |
know | |
in | |
part; | |
then | |
I | |
shall | |
know | |
fully, | |
even | |
as | |
I | |
am | |
fully | |
known. | |
And | |
now | |
these | |
three | |
remain: | |
faith, | |
hope | |
and | |
love. | |
But | |
the | |
greatest | |
of | |
these | |
is | |
love. | |
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