¹Si linguis hominum loquar,If I were to speak in the language of men,et angelorum,or of Angels,caritatem autem non habeam,yet not have charity,factus sum velut æs sonans,I would be like a clanging bellaut cymbalum tinniens.or a crashing cymbal.

¹Si linguis hominum loquar,If I were to speak in the language of men,et angelorum,or of Angels,caritatem autem non habeam,yet not have charity,factus sum velut æs sonans,I would be like a clanging bellaut cymbalum tinniens.or a crashing cymbal.

²Et si habuero prophetiam,And if I have prophecy,et noverim mysteria omnia,and learn every mystery,et omnem scientiam:and obtain all knowledge,et si habuero omnem fidem ita ut montes transferam,and possess all faith, so that I could move mountains,caritatem autem non habuero, nihil sum.yet not have charity, then I am nothing.

²Et si habuero prophetiam,And if I have prophecy,et noverim mysteria omnia,and learn every mystery,et omnem scientiam:and obtain all knowledge,et si habuero omnem fidem ita ut montes transferam,and possess all faith, so that I could move mountains,caritatem autem non habuero, nihil sum.yet not have charity, then I am nothing.

³Et si distribuero in cibos pauperum omnes facultates meas,And if I distribute all my goods in order to feed the poor,et si tradidero corpus meum ita ut ardeam,and if I hand over my body to be burned,caritatem autem non habuero,yet not have charity,nihil mihi prodest.it offers me nothing.

³Et si distribuero in cibos pauperum omnes facultates meas,And if I distribute all my goods in order to feed the poor,et si tradidero corpus meum ita ut ardeam,and if I hand over my body to be burned,caritatem autem non habuero,yet not have charity,nihil mihi prodest.it offers me nothing.

⁴Caritas patiens est,Charity is patient,benigna est.is kind.Caritas non æmulatur,Charity does not envy,non agit perperam,does not act wrongly,non inflatur,is not inflated.

⁴Caritas patiens est,Charity is patient,benigna est.is kind.Caritas non æmulatur,Charity does not envy,non agit perperam,does not act wrongly,non inflatur,is not inflated.

⁵non est ambitiosa,Charity is not ambitious,non quærit quæ sua sunt,does not seek for itself,non irritatur,is not provoked to anger,non cogitat malum,devises no evil.

⁵non est ambitiosa,Charity is not ambitious,non quærit quæ sua sunt,does not seek for itself,non irritatur,is not provoked to anger,non cogitat malum,devises no evil.

⁶non gaudet super iniquitate,Charity does not rejoice over iniquity,congaudet autem veritati:but rejoices in truth.

⁶non gaudet super iniquitate,Charity does not rejoice over iniquity,congaudet autem veritati:but rejoices in truth.

⁷omnia suffert,Charity suffers all,omnia credit,believes all,omnia sperat,hopes all,omnia sustinet.endures all.

⁷omnia suffert,Charity suffers all,omnia credit,believes all,omnia sperat,hopes all,omnia sustinet.endures all.

⁸Caritas numquam excidit:Charity is never torn away,sive prophetiæ evacuabuntur,even if prophecies pass away,sive linguæ cessabunt,or languages cease,sive scientia destruetur.or knowledge is destroyed.

⁸Caritas numquam excidit:Charity is never torn away,sive prophetiæ evacuabuntur,even if prophecies pass away,sive linguæ cessabunt,or languages cease,sive scientia destruetur.or knowledge is destroyed.

⁹Ex parte enim cognoscimus,For we know only in part,et ex parte prophetamus.and we prophesy only in part.

⁹Ex parte enim cognoscimus,For we know only in part,et ex parte prophetamus.and we prophesy only in part.

¹⁰Cum autem venerit quod perfectum est,But when the perfect arrives,evacuabitur quod ex parte est.the imperfect passes away.

¹⁰Cum autem venerit quod perfectum est,But when the perfect arrives,evacuabitur quod ex parte est.the imperfect passes away.

¹¹Cum essem parvulus,When I was a child,loquebar ut parvulus,I spoke like a child,sapiebam ut parvulus,I understood like a child,cogitabam ut parvulus.I thought like a child.Quando autem factus sum vir,But when I became a man,evacuavi quæ erant parvuli.I put aside the things of a child.

¹¹Cum essem parvulus,When I was a child,loquebar ut parvulus,I spoke like a child,sapiebam ut parvulus,I understood like a child,cogitabam ut parvulus.I thought like a child.Quando autem factus sum vir,But when I became a man,evacuavi quæ erant parvuli.I put aside the things of a child.

¹²Videmus nunc per speculum in ænigmate:Now we see through a glass darkly.tunc autem facie ad faciem.But then we shall see face to face.Nunc cognosco ex parte:Now I know in part,tunc autem cognoscam sicutbut then I shall know,et cognitus sum.even as I am known.

¹²Videmus nunc per speculum in ænigmate:Now we see through a glass darkly.tunc autem facie ad faciem.But then we shall see face to face.Nunc cognosco ex parte:Now I know in part,tunc autem cognoscam sicutbut then I shall know,et cognitus sum.even as I am known.

¹³Nunc autem manent fides, spes,But for now, these three continue:caritas,faith, hope,tria hæc:and charity.major autem horum est caritas.And the greatest of these is charity.

¹³Nunc autem manent fides, spes,But for now, these three continue:caritas,faith, hope,tria hæc:and charity.major autem horum est caritas.And the greatest of these is charity.