And if I give away all my possessions, and if I give over my body in order to boast[a] but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient,(A) love is kind. Love does not envy,(B) is not boastful, is not arrogant,(C) is not rude, is not self-seeking,(D) is not irritable,(E) and does not keep a record of wrongs.

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  1. 13:3 Other mss read body to be burned

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