3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.


In Context

1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

1st Corinthians 13:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:3And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:3And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:3And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor , and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:3And if I shall dole out all my goods in food, and if I deliver up my body that I may be burned, but have not love, I profit nothing.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:3And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:3And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:3If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:3and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profits me nothing.