1. If I speak human or angelic languagesbut do not have love, I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
2. If I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteriesand all knowledge,and if I have all faithso that I can move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.
3. And if I donate all my goods to feed the poor,and if I give my body in order to boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4. Love is patient, love is kind.Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not conceited,
5. does not act improperly,is not selfish, is not provoked, and does not keep a record of wrongs.
6. Love finds no joy in unrighteousnessbut rejoices in the truth.