1 Corinthians 13

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 If 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 If I were to speak in the language of men, or of Angels, yet not have charity, I would be like a clanging bell or a crashing cymbal.
2 And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.	2 And if I have prophecy, and learn every mystery, and obtain all knowledge, and possess all faith, so that I could move mountains, yet not have charity, then I am nothing.
3 And 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.	3 And if I distribute all my goods in order to feed the poor, and if I hand over my body to be burned, yet not have charity, it offers me nothing.
4 Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up;	4 Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated.
5 Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil;	5 Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil.
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth;	6 Charity does not rejoice over iniquity, but rejoices in truth.
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.	7 Charity suffers all, believes all, hopes all, endures all.
8 Charity never falleth away: whether prophecies shall be made void, or tongues shall cease, or knowledge shall be destroyed.	8 Charity is never torn away, even if prophecies pass away, or languages cease, or knowledge is destroyed.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.	9 For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part.
10 But when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.	10 But when the perfect arrives, the imperfect passes away.
11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But, when I became a man, I put away the things of a child.	11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I understood like a child, I thought like a child. But when I became a man, I put aside the things of a child.
12 We see now through a glass in a dark manner; but then face to face. Now I know I part; but then I shall know even as I am known.	12 Now we see through a glass darkly. But then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know, even as I am known.
13 And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity.	13 But for now, these three continue: faith, hope, and charity. And the greatest of these is charity.