1 CORINTHIANS 13:3 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing — even the radical self-surrender of almsgiving (psōmizō, to feed by morsels) and martyrdom (paradidōmi, to hand over the body to burning) profit nothing if motivation is loveless; this cuts to the heart: action without love is mere performance, hollow display.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 13:3
“And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.” Wonderful amplification! For even these things too he states with another addition: in that he said not, “if I give to the poor the half of my goods,” or “two or three parts,” but, “though I give all my goods.” And he said not, “give,” but, “distribute in morsels ,” so that to the expense may be added the administering also with all care. But not…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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