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1 Si yo hablo en lenguas humanas y angélicas, y no tengo amor, soy un bronce que resuena, o un címbalo que vibra.
1 SI yo hablase lenguas humanas y angélicas, y no tengo caridad, vengo á ser [como] metal que resuena, ó címbalo que retiñe.
2 Y si tuviera [don de ]profecía y entendiera todos los misterios y todo conocimiento, y si tuviera toda la fe para remover montañas, pero no tengo amor, nada soy.
2 Y si tuviese profecía, y entendiese todos los misterios y toda ciencia; y si tuviese toda la fe, de tal manera que traspasase los montes, y no tengo caridad, nada soy.
3 Si distribuyera todas mis posesiones y entregara mi cuerpo para enorgullecerme, pero no tengo amor, de nada me sirve.
3 Y si repartiese toda mi hacienda para dar de comer [á pobres], y si entregase mi cuerpo para ser quemado, y no tengo caridad, de nada me sirve.
4 El amor es paciente. Es bondadoso. No está lleno de envidia. No se alaba, no es arrogante,
4 La caridad es sufrida, es benigna; la caridad no tiene envidia, la caridad no hace sinrazón, no se ensancha;
5 no es indecente, no es egoísta, no se irrita, no guarda rencor.
5 No es injuriosa, no busca lo suyo, no se irrita, no piensa el mal;
6 No se goza por la injusticia, pero se regocija por la verdad.
6 No se huelga de la injusticia, mas se huelga de la verdad;
7 Todo lo sufre, todo lo cree, todo lo espera, todo lo soporta.
7 Todo lo sufre, todo lo cree, todo lo espera, todo lo soporta.
8 El amor nunca caduca. Pero si hay profecías, cesarán; si hay lenguas, acabarán; si hay conocimiento, será abolido.
8 La caridad nunca deja de ser: mas las profecías se han de acabar, y cesarán las lenguas, y la ciencia ha de ser quitada;
9 Porque en parte conocemos y en parte profetizamos,
9 Porque en parte conocemos, y en parte profetizamos;
10 pero cuando venga lo perfecto, lo imperfecto será abolido.
10 Mas cuando venga lo que es perfecto, entonces lo que es en parte será quitado.
11 Cuando [yo] era niño, hablaba como niño, pensaba como niño, opinaba como niño. Cuando llegué a ser hombre, dejé lo que era de niño.
11 Cuando yo era niño, hablaba como niño, pensaba como niño, juzgaba como niño; mas cuando ya fuí hombre hecho, dejé lo que era de niño.
12 Porque ahora vemos el reflejo como en un espejo, pero entonces [veremos] cara a cara. Ahora conozco en parte, pero entonces conoceré como he sido conocido.
12 Ahora vemos por espejo, en obscuridad; mas entonces [veremos] cara á cara: ahora conozco en parte; mas entonces conoceré como soy conocido.
13 Y ahora permanecen estos tres: [la] fe, [la ]esperanza, [el ]amor. Pero [el] mayor de éstos es el amor.
13 Y ahora permanecen la fe, la esperanza, y la caridad, estas tres: empero la mayor de ellas es la caridad.
Cross references (13)

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  1. 1 1 Timothy 1:5; 1 Peter 4:8; Galatians 5:22; 1 Corinthians 13:8; Galatians 5:6
  2. 2 1 John 4:8; 1 Corinthians 13:3; 1 John 4:20–21; Matthew 17:20; Matthew 21:21
  3. 3 James 2:14–17; John 15:13; Matthew 23:5; Matthew 6:1–4; Matthew 7:22–23
  4. 4 1 Peter 4:8; Ephesians 4:32; Galatians 5:21–22; Proverbs 10:12; Colossians 3:12
  5. 5 1 Corinthians 10:24; Philippians 2:3–5; 1 John 3:16–17; James 1:19; Philippians 2:21
  6. 6 Romans 12:9; 3 John 3–4; 2 John 4; Romans 1:32; 2 Thessalonians 2:12
  7. 7 1 Peter 4:8; 1 Corinthians 13:4; 1 Peter 2:24; 2 Timothy 2:24; Proverbs 10:12
  8. 8 1 Corinthians 13:13; 1 Corinthians 13:1–2; Galatians 5:6; Acts 2:4; 1 Corinthians 13:10
  9. 9 Colossians 2:2–3; Ephesians 3:18–19; 1 Corinthians 2:9; Psalm 139:6; 1 Corinthians 13:12
  10. 10 1 Corinthians 13:12; Isaiah 60:19–20; 2 Corinthians 5:7–8; Isaiah 24:23; Revelation 22:4–5
  11. 11 1 Corinthians 14:20; 1 Corinthians 3:1–2; Galatians 4:1; Ecclesiastes 11:10
  12. 12 1 John 3:2; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 13:9–10; Philippians 3:12; Revelation 22:4
  13. 13 1 Corinthians 16:14; Colossians 3:14; 1 John 4:7–18; 1 Corinthians 13:1–8; Galatians 5:6

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  1. Commentary 13:4 John Chrysostom, Homilies on First Corinthians (Homily XXXIII)

    Thus, whereas he had showed, that both faith and knowledge and prophecy and tongues and gifts and healing and a perfect life and martyrdom, if love be absent, are no great advantage; of necessity he next makes an outline of its matchless beauty, adorning its image with the parts of virtue as with a sort of colors, and putting together …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)

  2. Quotes verse 13:13 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book II, Chapters XXVII–XXVIII)

    As the apostle has said on this point, that, when other things have been done away, then these three, "faith, hope, and charity, shall endure." For faith, which has respect to our Master, endures unchangeably, assuring us that there is but one true God, and that we should truly love Him for ever, seeing that He alone is our Father; …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 13:12 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book VIII)

    Of Thy eternal life I was now certain, although I had seen it "through a glass darkly." Yet I no longer doubted that there was an incorruptible substance, from which was derived all other substance; nor did I now desire to be more certain of Thee, but more stedfast in Thee.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  4. Quotes verse 13:10 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XVI)

    "For when," saith He, "that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away:" even as it befell the old law through the new.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  5. Quotes verse 13:9 Gregory of Nazianzus, Theological Orations (The Second Theological Oration)

    Thus much we will hear Paul say about it, that we know in part and we prophesy in part. This and the like to this are the confessions of one who is not rude in knowledge, who threatens to give proof of Christ speaking in him, the great doctor and champion of the truth.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)