1   &rhand; Though I speake with the tongues of men and of ^note Angels, and haue not loue, I am [as] soundyng brasse, or [as] a tincklyng Cimball:

2   And though I coulde prophesie, and vnderstoode all secretes, and all knowledge: Yea, &rhand; if I had all fayth, ^note so that I coulde moue mountaynes out of their places, and haue not loue, I were nothyng.

3   And though I bestowe all my goodes to feede the poore, and though I geue my body that I burned, and haue not loue, it profiteth me nothyng. B   

4   Loue suffreth long, and is curteous: Loue enuieth not, loue doth not frowardely, swelleth not,

5   Dealeth not dishonestlie, ^note seeketh not her owne, is not prouoked to anger, thynketh none euyll,

6   Reioyceth not in iniquitie: bur reioyceth in the trueth:

7   Suffreth all thynges, beleueth all thynges, hopeth all thynges, endureth all thynges.

8   Though þe; prophesiynges fayle, other tongues ceasse, or knowledge vanishe away, [yet] loue falleth neuer away. C   

9   &rhand; For our knowledge is vnperfect, and our prophesiyng is vnperfect:

10   But when that which is perfect, is come, then that which is vnperfect shalbe done away.

11   When I was a chylde, I spake as a childe, I vnderstode as a childe, I imagined as a chylde: But assoone as I was a man, I put away chyldishnesse.

12   Nowe we see in a ^note glasse, euen in a darke speakyng: but then [shall we see] face to face. Nowe I knowe vnperfectly: but then shall I knowe euen as I am knowen.

13   Nowe abydeth fayth, hope, and loue, these three, but the chiefe of these is loue.

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