1 Corinthians 13:1

King James Version (KJV)

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.

Translations

1 Corinthians 13:1 - Amplified Bible

IF I [can] speak in the tongues of men and [even] of angels, but have not love (that reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion such as is inspired by God's love for and in us), I am only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

1 Corinthians 13:1 - American Standard Version

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

1 Corinthians 13:1 - Bible in Basic English

If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell.

1 Corinthians 13:1 - Darby Bible

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

1 Corinthians 13:1 - English Standard Version

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

1 Corinthians 13:1 - King James Version

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.

1 Corinthians 13:1 - La Biblia de las Americas

Si yo hablara lenguas humanas y angélicas, pero no tengo amor, he llegado a ser como metal que resuena o cìmbalo que retiñe.

1 Corinthians 13:1 - The Message

If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.

1 Corinthians 13:1 - New American Standard Bible

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

1 Corinthians 13:1 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Si yo hablara lenguas humanas y angélicas, pero no tengo amor, he llegado a ser como metal que resuena o cìmbalo que retiñe.

1 Corinthians 13:1 - World English Bible

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don`t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

1 Corinthians 13:1 - Young's Living Translation

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling;

1 Corinthians 13:1 - Additional Comments

To those around us, especially family, if they do not see that we love them, in the way 1 Corinthians 13 describes it, then much of what we say to them is just noise or empty words (vss 13:1-3).
If you cannot excel at love at home, then it's really hard to take it out to the world. I can say "I love you" all I want, but if my family are not seeing it in the everyday ways I treat themy are not going to feel loved.

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