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And though I feed the poor with all my goods, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profits me nothing.

Love is patient. Love is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not boast and is not puffed up,

It is not rude. It is not selfish. It is not provoked to anger. It thinks no evil:

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If I give all I possess to the poor(A) and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[a](B) but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient,(C) love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.(D) It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,(E) it is not easily angered,(F) it keeps no record of wrongs.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 13:3 Some manuscripts body to the flames