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30Have all gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues of ecstasy? Can all interpret them?Love 1Cor.12.30-13.13μὴ πάντες χαρίσματα ἐχουσιν ἰαμάτων; μὴ πάντες γλώσσαις λαλοῦσιν; μὴ πάντες διερμηνεύουσιν;
31The higher gifts are those you should aim at.

And now I will show you the best way of all.

 ζηλοῦτε δὲ τὰ χαρίσματα τὰ μείζονα.

Καὶ ἐτι καθ' ὑπερβολὴν ὁδὸν ὑμῖν δείκνυμι.

13 1I may speak in tongues of men or of angels, but if I am without love, I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal. Ἐὰν ταῖς γλώσσαις τῶν ἀνθρώπων λαλῶ καὶ τῶν ἀγγέλων,
ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἐχω,
γέγονα χαλκὸς ἠχῶν ἢ κύμβαλον ἀλαλάζον.
2I may have the gift of prophecy, and know every hidden truth; I may have faith strong enough to move mountains; but if I have no love, I am nothing. καὶ ἐὰν ἐχω προφητείαν
καὶ εἰδῶ τὰ μυστήρια πάντα
καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γνῶσιν,
καὶ ἐὰν ἐχω πᾶσαν τὴν πίστιν
ὡστε ὀρη μεθιστάναι,
ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἐχω,
οὐθέν εἰμι.
3I may dole out all I possess, or even give my body to be burnt, Some witnesses read: even seek glory by self-sacrifice. but if I have no love, I am none the better.
 κἂν ψωμίσω πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντά μου,
καὶ ἐὰν παραδῶ τὸ σῶμά μου ἵνα καυχήσωμαι,
ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἐχω,
οὐδὲν ὠφελοῦμαι.
4Love is patient; love is kind and envies no one. Love is never boastful, nor conceited, Ἡ ἀγάπη μακροθυμεῖ, χρηστεύεται ἡ ἀγάπη,
οὐ ζηλοῖ, ἡ ἀγάπη οὐ περπερεύεται, οὐ φυσιοῦται,
5nor rude; never selfish, not quick to take offence. Love keeps no score of wrongs; οὐκ ἀσχημονεῖ,
οὐ ζητεῖ τὰ ἑαυτῆς,
οὐ παροξύνεται,
οὐ λογίζεται τὸ κακόν,
6does not gloat over other men's sins, but delights in the truth. οὐ χαίρει ἐπὶ τῇ ἀδικίᾳ,
συγχαίρει δὲ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ·
7There is nothing love cannot face; there is no limit to its faith, its hope, and its endurance.
 πάντα στέγει,
πάντα πιστεύει,
πάντα ἐλπίζει,
πάντα ὑπομένει.
8Love will never come to an end. Are there prophets? their work will be over. Are there tongues of ecstasy? they will cease. Is there knowledge? it will vanish away; Ἡ ἀγάπη οὐδέποτε πίπτει.
εἰτε δὲ προφητεῖαι, καταργηθήσονται·
εἰτε γλῶσσαι, παύσονται·
εἰτε γνῶσις, καταργηθήσεται.
9for our knowledge and our prophecy alike are partial, ἐκ μέρους γὰρ γινώσκομεν
καὶ ἐκ μέρους προφητεύομεν·
10and the partial vanishes when wholeness comes. ὁταν δὲ ἐλθῃ τὸ τέλειον,
τὸ ἐκ μέρους καταργηθήσεται.
11When I was a child, my speech, my outlook, and my thoughts were all childish. When I grew up, I had finished with childish things. ὅτε ἠμην νήπιος,
ἐλάλουν ὡς νήπιος,
ἐφρόνουν ὡς νήπιος,
ἐλογιζόμην ὡς νήπιος·
ὅτε γέγονα ἀνήρ,
κατήργηκα τὰ τοῦ νηπίου.
12Now we see only puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we shall see face to face. My knowledge now is partial; then it will be whole, like God's knowledge of me. βλέπομεν γὰρ ἀρτι δῖ ἐσόπτρου ἐν αἰνίγματι,
τότε δὲ πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον·
ἀρτι γινώσκω ἐκ μέρους,
τότε δὲ ἐπιγνώσομαι
καθὼς καὶ ἐπεγνώσθην.
13In a word, there are three things that last for ever: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of them all is love.
 νυνὶ δὲ μένει πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη,
τὰ τρία ταῦτα·
μείζων δὲ τούτων ἡ ἀγάπη.

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