The Byble in Englyshe that is to saye, the content of all the holye scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe Testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the diligent studye of dyuers excellent lerned [men e]xperte in the fore[saide] tongues.

¶ The natures and condicyons of loue.

CAPI. XIII.

THough I speake with the tonges of men and of angels: and haue no loue. [unspec A] I am as soundynge brasse: or as a tynck∣lynge cymball. And though I coulde prophesy, and vnderstande all secretes, and all knowledge: yee ☞ yf I haue all fayth▪

so y^• I could moue moūtaynes out of their places, and yet haue no loue, I am nothyng And though I bestowe al my goodes to fede the poore, and though I giue my body euen that I burne, and yet haue no loue, it profy¦teth me nothynge.

Loue suffreth long, and is curteous. Loue [unspec B] enuyeth not. Loue doth not frowardly, swel¦leth not, dealeth not dishonestly seketh not her owne, is not prouoked to anger, thīketh no euyl, reioyseth not in iniquitie: but reioy∣seth in the trueth, suffreth all thynges: bele∣ueth all thynges, hopeth all thynges, endu∣reth al thynges. Though that prophesyin∣ges fayle, other tonges cease, or knowledge vanysshe awaye, yet loue falleth neuer a∣waye. [unspec C]

For ☞ our knowledge is vnperfect, and our prophesyinge is vnperfecte. But when that which is {per}fect is come, then that which is vnperfecte, shalbe done awaye. When I was a chylde, I spake as a chylde, I vnder∣stode as a chylde, I ymagyned as a chylde. But assone as I was a man, I put awaye chyldishnes. Nowe we se in a glasse, euen in a darcke speakyng: but then shall we se face to face. Nowe I know vnperfectly: but then shal I knowe euen as I am knowen. Now abydeth fayth, hope, and loue, euē these thre: but the ☞ chefe of these is loue. ⊢

Notes

• Math. ••. ••. Luke. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••
• Luke. ••7. ••.
• ••. Corin. x. •• Philip. ii. ••