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1 Corinthians 13:3

And 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.
1 Corinthians 13:3 · King James Version

In other versions

  • And 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.

    ASV

  • And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.

    BBE

  • And 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.

    DBY

  • If 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.

    WEB

  • and 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.

    YLT

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

    ENG

  • And 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.

    WBT

  • If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

    BSB

In context

1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

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.

4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

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