1 If I ^zspeak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have ^aprophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all ^bknowledge, and if I have all ^cfaith, ^dso as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I ^egive away all I have, and if I deliver up my body ^fto be burned,¹ but have not love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is ^gpatient and ^hkind; love ⁱdoes not envy or boast; it is not ^jarrogant 5 or rude. ^kIt does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;² 6 it does not ^lrejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.