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1 Corinthians 13:1 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 13 · verse 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.1 Corinthians 13:1 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 13:1 in context
1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2And 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.
3And 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.
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Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Timothy 1:5
- 1 Peter 4:8
- Galatians 5:22
- 1 Corinthians 13:8
- Galatians 5:6
- 1 Corinthians 13:2-3
- 1 Corinthians 8:1
- 2 Peter 2:18
Key words (Strong's)
- tinklingalalazōto repeat frequently the cry " alala" as soldiers used to do on entering into…G214 →
- tonguesglōssathe tongue, a member of the body, an organ of speech, a tongue, the language or dialect…G1100 →
- charityagapēaffection, good will, love, benevolence, brotherly love, love feastsG26 →
- Thougheanif, in caseG1437 →
- angelsangelosa messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from GodG32 →
- becomeginomaito becomeG1096 →
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Here the apostle shows what more excellent way he meant, or had in view, in the close of the former chapter, namely, charity, or, as it is commonly elsewhere rendered, love - agapē: not what is meant by charity in our common use of the word, which most men understand of alms - giving, but love in its fullest and most…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3