THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become as sounding brass, and tinkling cymbal. (2)And though I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries, and all manner of science; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. (3)And if I deal out all my goods in alms, and deliver up my body that I should be burned, but have not love, I am nothing advantaged by it. (4)Love is long-suffering, is kind; love envieth not; love is no vain boaster, is not inflated _with pride_, (5)doth not act unseemly, seeketh not her own advantage, is not passionate, thinketh no evil; (6)rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth in the truth; (7)beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. (8)Love never faileth: but if there be prophetic gifts, they shall be no more; if tongues, they shall cease; if science, it shall vanish away. (9)For we know partially, and prophesy partially. (10)But when that which is perfect cometh, then that which is in part shall be done away. (11)When I was a child, I spake as a child, I thought as a child, I reasoned as a child: but when I grew a man, I put away childish things. (12)For now we see by reflected light, indistinctly; but then face to face: now I know partially; but then shall I know even as I am known. (13)But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greater of these is love. CHAP. XIV. FOLLOW earnestly after love, and zealously seek spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. (2)For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue, speaketh not to men, but to God: for no man understandeth him; although in spirit he speaketh mysterious truths. (3)But he that prophesieth, addresseth men for edification, and exhortation, and consolation. (4)He that speaketh in an unknown tongue, edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth, edifieth the church. (5)Now I could wish that you all spake with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy: for greater is he that prophesieth, than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret also, that the church may receive edification. (6)Now I, brethren, if I should come unto you, speaking in unknown languages, what should I profit you, unless I should speak to you _intelligibly_ by revelation, or by science, or by prophecy, or by doctrine? (7)In like manner things inanimate, giving sound, whether the pipe, or the harp, unless they express a distinction in their tones, how shall it be known what is piped, or what is harped? (8)For if the trumpet also give an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for the battle? (9)So also ye, unless with the tongue you speak an intelligible discourse, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will speak to the air. (10)For though there are so many different kinds of languages in the world, yet is not one of them without its meaning. (11)If therefore I know not the force of the expression, I shall be to him