1Co 13:13
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these {is} charity.
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Let all your things be done with charity.
And above all these things {put on} charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. {is born: Gr. has been born}
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.
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments {is}, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and {in} all judgment; {judgment: or, sense}
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. {recall...: Heb. make to return to my heart}
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and {of} a good conscience, and {of} faith unfeigned:
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. {occasion...: Gr. scandal}
I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only {use} not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. {is born: Gr. has been born}
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things {done} in {his} body, according to that he hath done, whether {it be} good or bad.
But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
To whom God would make known what {is} the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: {in: or, among}
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. {is born: or, has been born}
Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him {that is} from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Which {hope} we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
And {that} he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
Follow after charity, and desire spiritual {gifts}, but rather that ye may prophesy.
And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
They on the rock {are they}, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
Happy {is he} that {hath} the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope {is} in the LORD his God:
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, {who is} the health of my countenance, and my God.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, {who is} the health of my countenance, and my God.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. {substance: or, ground, or, confidence}
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
Charity never faileth: but whether {there be} prophecies, they shall fail; whether {there be} tongues, they shall cease; whether {there be} knowledge, it shall vanish away. {fail: Gr. vanish away}
From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. {alone: Gr. by itself}
Blessed {be} the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, {abundant: Gr. much}
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; {to the end: Gr. perfectly}
Follow after charity, and desire spiritual {gifts}, but rather that ye may prophesy.
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also {to see} you:
(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. {new: or, raw, or, unwrought}