Si yo hablara lenguas humanas^a y angélicas^b, pero no tengo amor, he llegado a ser como metal que resuena o címbalo que retiñe^c. 2 Y si tuviera el don de profecía^a, y entendiera todos los misterios^b y todo conocimiento^c, y si tuviera toda la fe^d como para trasladar montañas^e, pero no tengo amor, nada soy. 3 Y si diera todos mis bienes^a para dar de comer a los pobres, y si entregara mi cuerpo para ser quemado^1b, pero no tengo amor, de nada me aprovecha. 4 El amor es paciente, es bondadoso^1a; el amor no tiene envidia^2b; el amor no es jactancioso, no es arrogante^c; 5 no se porta indecorosamente; no busca lo suyo^a, no se irrita, no toma en cuenta el mal recibido^b; 6 no se regocija de la injusticia^a, sino que se alegra con la verdad^b; 7 todo lo sufre¹, todo lo cree, todo lo espera, todo lo soporta^a. 8 El amor nunca deja de ser; pero si hay dones de profecía^1a, se acabarán; si hay lenguas^b, cesarán; si hay conocimiento, se acabará. 9 Porque en parte conocemos^a, y en parte profetizamos; 10 pero cuando venga lo perfecto, lo incompleto se acabará. 11 Cuando yo era niño, hablaba como niño, pensaba como niño, razonaba como niño; pero cuando llegué a ser hombre, dejé las cosas de niño. 12 Porque ahora vemos por un espejo, veladamente^1a, pero entonces veremos cara a cara^b; ahora conozco en parte, pero entonces conoceré plenamente, como he sido conocido^c. 13 Y ahora permanecen la fe, la esperanza y el amor, estos tres; pero el mayor de ellos es el amor^a.

If I speak with the ^atongues of mankind and of ^bangels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a ^cclanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of ^aprophecy and know all ^bmysteries and all ^cknowledge, and if I have ^dall faith so as to ^eremove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 And if I ^agive away all my possessions to charity, and if I ^bsurrender my body so that I may ¹glory, but do not have love, it does me no good.

4 Love ^ais patient, love is kind, it ^bis not jealous; love does not brag, it is not ^carrogant. 5 It does not act disgracefully, it ^adoes not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, ^bdoes not keep an account of a wrong suffered, 6 ^ait does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but ^brejoices with the truth; 7 it ^1akeeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of ^1aprophecy, they will be done away with; if there are ^btongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away with. 9 For we ^aknow in part and prophesy in part; 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away with. 11 When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I ¹became a man, I did away with childish things. 12 For now we ^asee in a mirror ¹dimly, but then ^bface to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I also ^chave been fully known. 13 But now faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the ¹greatest of these is ^alove.

If I speak with the ^atongues of men and of ^bangels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a ^cclanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of ^aprophecy, and know all ^bmysteries and all ^cknowledge; and if I have ^dall faith, so as to ^eremove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 And if I ^agive all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I ^bsurrender my body ¹to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.

4 Love ^ais patient, love is kind and ^bis not jealous; love does not brag and is not ^carrogant, 5 does not act unbecomingly; it ^adoes not seek its own, is not provoked, ^bdoes not take into account a wrong suffered, 6 ^adoes not rejoice in unrighteousness, but ^brejoices with the truth; 7 ^1abears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of ^1aprophecy, they will be done away; if there are ^btongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. 9 For we ^aknow in part and we prophesy in part; 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away. 11 When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I ¹became a man, I did away with childish things. 12 For now we ^asee in a mirror ¹dimly, but then ^bface to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also ^chave been fully known. 13 But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the ¹greatest of these is ^alove.