1 Corinthians 13:1 — King James Version← Study notes
“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 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Corinthians 13:119 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 13:1
“If I speak with the tongues of men —” What is, “of men?” Of all nations in every part of the world. And neither was he content with this amplification, but he likewise uses another much greater, adding the words, “and of angels — and have not love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.” Do you see to what point he first exalted the gift, and to what afterwards he lowered and cast it down? For neither did he simply say, “I am nothing,” but, “I have become…
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