1 Corinthians 13:3
And if I dole out all things possessed by me, and if I deliver my body so that I may be burned, and have not love, I benefit nothing.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up.
Cross References
Jeremiah 7:8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
Matthew 6:1Be careful not to do your charity before men in order to be seen by them, otherwise ye have no reward from your Father in the heavens.
Matthew 23:5But all their works they do in order to be seen by men. And they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the hems of their garments.
Luke 18:28And Peter said, Lo, we have left all and followed thee.
Luke 21:3And he said, Truly I say to you, that this poor widow cast in more than they all.
John 12:43for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 13:2-4
On Spiritual Gifts. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Here the apostle shows… Read the whole commentary →