1 Corinthians 13

1If in the leshonot of Bnei Adam and malachim I speak, but I do not have ahavah, I have become only a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2And if I have nevu'ah and have da'as of all sodot and all da'as, and if I have all emunah so as to remove mountains, but ahavah I do not have, I am nothing. 3And if I'm a marbitz tzedaka and give all I possess in gemilut chasadim and if I give my body al kiddush Hashem for sereifah (death by burning), but ahavah I do not have, I have gained nothing.1

4Ahavah suffers long; ahavah is kind; ahavah does not have kinah; ahavah does not brag; ahavah is not puffed up in ga'avah (conceit, pride); 5ahavah does not behave shamelessly; ahavah does not in anochiyut insist on its own way; ahavah is not touchy and vindictive, keeping a record of wrongs.2 6Ahavah does not find simcha in evil, but rejoices in HaEmes. 7Ahavah covers all things,3 believes all things, has tikvah (hope), even savlanut, for all things.

8Ahavah never fails. However, divrei nevu'ah will be abolished; leshonot will cease; da'as will come to an end. 9For we have da'as in part, and we have divrei nevu'ah is part. 10But when shleimah (completion) comes, the teilvaiz (partial) will disappear. 11When I was a yeled, I used to speak like one, think like one, reason like one. But when I became mevugar (mature), I put away kinderyohrn.4 12For still we see through a mirror indistinctly. But then,5 distinctly, panim el panim. Now I have da'as only in part; then I will have da'as fully, even as also Hashem had full da'as of me.6

13But now remain emunah, tikvah, and ahavah, these shalosh (three). And the greatest of these is ahavah.