1 Corinthians 13 #catechesis/bible/1-corinthians
[!abstract] Charity is to be preferred before all gifts.
Book: 1 Corinthians · ← 1 Corinthians 12 · 1 Corinthians 14 →
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GR Ἐὰν ταῖς γλώσσαις τῶν ἀνθρώπων λαλῶ καὶ τῶν ἀγγέλων, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, γέγονα χαλκὸς ἠχῶν ἢ κύμβαλον ἀλαλάζον.
LA Si linguis hominum loquar, et angelorum, caritatem autem non habeam, factus sum velut æs sonans, aut cymbalum tinniens.
EN If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I have become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
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GR κἂν ἔχω προφητείαν καὶ εἰδῶ τὰ μυστήρια πάντα καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γνῶσιν, κἂν ἔχω πᾶσαν τὴν πίστιν ὥστε ὄρη μεθιστάνειν, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐθέν εἰμι.
LA Et si habuero prophetiam, et noverim mysteria omnia, et omnem scientiam: et si habuero omnem fidem ita ut montes transferam, caritatem autem non habuero, nihil sum.
EN And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
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GR κἂν ψωμίσω πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντά μου, κἂν παραδῶ τὸ σῶμά μου ἵνα καυχήσωμαι, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐδὲν ὠφελοῦμαι.
LA Et si distribuero in cibos pauperum omnes facultates meas, et si tradidero corpus meum ita ut ardeam, caritatem autem non habuero, nihil mihi prodest.
EN And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profits me nothing.
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GR ἡ ἀγάπη μακροθυμεῖ, χρηστεύεται ἡ ἀγάπη, οὐ ζηλοῖ, οὐ περπερεύεται, οὐ φυσιοῦται,
LA Caritas patiens est, benigna est. Caritas non æmulatur, non agit perperam, non inflatur,
EN Charity is patient, is kind: charity envies not, deals not perversely, is not puffed up,
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GR οὐκ ἀσχημονεῖ, οὐ ζητεῖ τὰ ἑαυτῆς, οὐ παροξύνεται, οὐ λογίζεται τὸ κακόν,
LA non est ambitiosa, non quærit quæ sua sunt, non irritatur, non cogitat malum,
EN is not ambitious, seeks not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinks no evil:
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GR οὐ χαίρει ἐπὶ τῇ ἀδικίᾳ, συγχαίρει δὲ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ:
LA non gaudet super iniquitate, congaudet autem veritati:
EN Rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices with the truth:
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GR πάντα στέγει, πάντα πιστεύει, πάντα ἐλπίζει, πάντα ὑπομένει.
LA omnia suffert, omnia credit, omnia sperat, omnia sustinet.
EN Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
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GR Ἡ ἀγάπη οὐδέποτε πίπτει: εἴτε δὲ προφητεῖαι, καταργηθήσονται: εἴτε γλῶσσαι, παύσονται: εἴτε γνῶσις, καταργηθήσεται.
LA Caritas numquam excidit: sive prophetiæ evacuabuntur, sive linguæ cessabunt, sive scientia destruetur.
EN Charity never falls away: whether prophecies shall be made void or tongues shall cease or knowledge shall be destroyed.
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GR ἐκ μέρους γὰρ γινώσκομεν καὶ ἐκ μέρους προφητεύομεν:
LA Ex parte enim cognoscimus, et ex parte prophetamus.
EN For we know in part: and we prophesy in part.
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GR ὅταν δὲ ἔλθῃ τὸ τέλειον, τὸ ἐκ μέρους καταργηθήσεται.
LA Cum autem venerit quod perfectum est, evacuabitur quod ex parte est.
EN But when that which is perfect has come, that which is in part shall be done away.
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GR ὅτε ἤμην νήπιος, ἐλάλουν ὡς νήπιος, ἐφρόνουν ὡς νήπιος, ἐλογιζόμην ὡς νήπιος: ὅτε γέγονα ἀνήρ, κατήργηκα τὰ τοῦ νηπίου.
LA Cum essem parvulus, loquebar ut parvulus, sapiebam ut parvulus, cogitabam ut parvulus. Quando autem factus sum vir, evacuavi quæ erant parvuli.
EN When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But, when I became a man, I put away the things of a child.
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GR βλέπομεν γὰρ ἄρτι δι’ ἐσόπτρου ἐν αἰνίγματι, τότε δὲ πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον: ἄρτι γινώσκω ἐκ μέρους, τότε δὲ ἐπιγνώσομαι καθὼς καὶ ἐπεγνώσθην.
LA Videmus nunc per speculum in ænigmate: tunc autem facie ad faciem. Nunc cognosco ex parte: tunc autem cognoscam sicut et cognitus sum.
EN We see now through a glass in a dark manner: but then face to face. Now I know in part: but then I shall know even as I am known.
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GR νυνὶ δὲ μένει πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη, τὰ τρία ταῦτα: μείζων δὲ τούτων ἡ ἀγάπη.
LA Nunc autem manent fides, spes, caritas, tria hæc: major autem horum est caritas.
EN And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity.
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