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Love

1 Corinthians 13:13

In 9 translations

BSB
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
KJV
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
WEB
But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.
ASV
But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
LSV
and now there remains faith, hope, love—these three; and the greatest of these [is] love.
YLT
and now there doth remain faith, hope, love — these three; and the greatest of these [is] love.
DBY
And now abide faith, hope, love; these three things; and the greater of these [is] love.
DRC
And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity.
GNV
And nowe abideth faith, hope and loue, euen these three: but the chiefest of these is loue.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
νυνὶ δὲ μένει πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη· τὰ τρία ταῦτα, μείζων δὲ τούτων ἡ ἀγάπη.
RP2018
Νυνὶ δὲ μένει πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη, τὰ τρία ταῦτα· μείζων δὲ τούτων ἡ ἀγάπη.
TR-Boyd
Νυνὶ δὲ μένει πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη, τὰ τρία ταῦτα· μείζων δὲ τούτων ἡ ἀγάπη.
SCR1894
νυνι δε μενει πιστις ελπις αγαπη τα τρια ταυτα μειζων δε τουτων η αγαπη

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Corinthians 16:14Do everything in love.
  • Colossians 3:14And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.
  • 1 John 4:7–18Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God’s love was revealed…
  • 1 Corinthians 13:1–8If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute…
  • Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
  • Mark 12:29–31Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The…
  • Philippians 1:9And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
  • Lamentations 3:21–26Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! “The LORD is my…
  • 1 Timothy 1:5The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
  • 2 John 1:4–6I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us. And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we…
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:8But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.
  • 1 John 2:10Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.
  • Galatians 5:13–22For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love. The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as…
  • 1 John 5:1–5Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him. By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His…
  • 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
  • 1 Corinthians 8:3But the one who loves God is known by God.

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