² If I have the gift of prophecy
and the ability to understand all mysteries and all knowledge,
and have all the faith necessary to move mountains,
but do not have love,
I am nothing.
³ If I give away everything to feed the poor
and hand over my body to be burned,
but do not have love,
I achieve nothing.
⁴ Love is patient;
love is charitable.
Love is not envious;
it does not have an inflated opinion of itself;
it is not filled with its own importance.
⁵ Love is never rude;
it does not seek its own advantage.
It is not prone to anger;
neither does it brood over setbacks.
⁶ Love does not rejoice over wrongdoing
but rejoices in the truth.
⁷ Love bears all things,
believes all things,
hopes all things,
endures all things.
⁸ Love never fails.
Prophecies will eventually cease,
tongues will become silent,
and knowledge will pass away,