1 Corinthians

我若能說萬人的方言，並天使的話語，卻沒有愛，我就成了鳴的鑼，響的鈸一般。

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.

我若有先知講道之能，也明白各樣的奧祕，各樣的知識，而且有全備的信，叫我能夠移山，卻沒有愛，我就算不得甚麼。

And though I have {the gift of} prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

我若將所有的賙濟窮人，又捨己身叫人焚燒，卻沒有愛，仍然與我無益。

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.

愛是恆久忍耐，又有恩慈；愛是不嫉妒；愛是不自誇，不張狂，

Charity suffereth long, {and} is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, {vaunteth...: or, is not rash}

不做害羞的事，不求自己的益處，不輕易發怒，不計算人的惡，

Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

不喜歡不義，只喜歡真理；

Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; {in the truth: or, with the truth}

凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍耐。

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

愛是永不止息。先知講道之能終必歸於無有；說方言之能終必停止；知識也終必歸於無有。

Charity never faileth: but whether {there be} prophecies, they shall fail; whether {there be} tongues, they shall cease; whether {there be} knowledge, it shall vanish away. {fail: Gr. vanish away}

我們現在所知道的有限，先知所講的也有限，

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

等那完全的來到，這有限的必歸於無有了。

But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. {done away: Gr. vanish away}

我作孩子的時候，話語像孩子，心思像孩子，意念像孩子，既成了人，就把孩子的事丟棄了。

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. {thought: or, reasoned} {put away: Gr. vanish away}

我們如今彷彿對著鏡子觀看，糢糊不清（原文作：如同猜謎）；到那時就要面對面了。我如今所知道的有限，到那時就全知道，如同主知道我一樣。

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. {darkly: Gr. in a riddle}

如今常存的有信，有望，有愛這三樣，其中最大的是愛。

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these {is} charity.