Verse 1

{ "verseID": "1 Corinthians.13.1", "source": "¶Ἐὰν ταῖς γλώσσαις τῶν ἀνθρώπων λαλῶ καὶ τῶν ἀγγέλων, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, γέγονα χαλκὸς ἠχῶν, ἢ κύμβαλον ἀλαλάζον.", "text": "If with the *glōssais* of the *anthrōpōn* I *lalō* and of the *angelōn*, *agapēn* but not *echō*, I have *gegona* *chalkos* *ēchōn*, or *kymbalon* *alalazon*.", "grammar": { "*Ean*": "conditional particle - if", "*glōssais*": "dative, feminine, plural - tongues/languages", "*anthrōpōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of men/humans", "*lalō*": "present, active, subjunctive, 1st person singular - I speak/talk", "*angelōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of angels/messengers", "*agapēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - love", "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and", "*mē*": "negative particle - not", "*echō*": "present, active, subjunctive, 1st person singular - I have/possess", "*gegona*": "perfect, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I have become", "*chalkos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - brass/copper/bronze", "*ēchōn*": "present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - sounding/echoing", "*kymbalon*": "nominative, neuter, singular - cymbal", "*alalazon*": "present, active, participle, nominative, neuter, singular - clanging/clashing/making noise" }, "variants": { "*glōssais*": "tongues/languages/utterances", "*lalō*": "speak/utter/declare", "*agapēn*": "love/charity/benevolence (distinctive Christian love)", "*chalkos*": "brass/bronze/copper instrument", "*ēchōn*": "resounding/making noise/echoing", "*alalazon*": "clanging/tinkling/clashing/making inarticulate noise" } }

Verse 2

{ "verseID": "1 Corinthians.13.2", "source": "Καὶ ἐὰν ἔχω προφητείαν, καὶ εἰδῶ τὰ μυστήρια πάντα, καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γνῶσιν· καὶ ἐὰν ἔχω πᾶσαν τὴν πίστιν, ὥστε ὄρη μεθιστάνειν, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐθέν εἰμι.", "text": "And if I *echō* *prophēteian*, and *eidō* the *mystēria* all, and all the *gnōsin*; and if I *echō* all the *pistin*, so as *orē* to *methistanein*, *agapēn* but not *echō*, nothing I *eimi*.", "grammar": { "*Kai*": "conjunction - and/also", "*ean*": "conditional particle - if", "*echō*": "present, active, subjunctive, 1st person singular - I have/possess", "*prophēteian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - prophecy/gift of prophecy", "*eidō*": "perfect, active, subjunctive, 1st person singular - I know/understand", "*mystēria*": "accusative, neuter, plural - mysteries/secrets", "*panta*": "accusative, neuter, plural - all", "*pasan*": "accusative, feminine, singular - all/whole", "*gnōsin*": "accusative, feminine, singular - knowledge", "*pistin*": "accusative, feminine, singular - faith/belief", "*hōste*": "conjunction - so that/so as", "*orē*": "accusative, neuter, plural - mountains", "*methistanein*": "present, active, infinitive - to remove/transfer/move", "*agapēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - love", "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and", "*mē*": "negative particle - not", "*outhen*": "nominative, neuter, singular - nothing", "*eimi*": "present, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I am" }, "variants": { "*prophēteian*": "prophecy/gift of prophecy/prophetic ability", "*eidō*": "know fully/understand/comprehend", "*mystēria*": "mysteries/secrets/hidden things", "*gnōsin*": "knowledge/understanding/insight", "*pistin*": "faith/belief/trust", "*methistanein*": "remove/move/transfer/relocate", "*outhen*": "nothing/nothing at all/no one" } }

Verse 3

{ "verseID": "1 Corinthians.13.3", "source": "Καὶ ἐὰν ψωμίσω πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντά μου, καὶ ἐὰν παραδῶ τὸ σῶμά μου ἵνα καυθήσωμαι, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐδὲν ὠφελοῦμαι.", "text": "And if I *psōmisō* all the *hyparchonta* of me, and if I *paradō* the *sōma* of me so that I may be *kauthēsōmai*, *agapēn* but not *echō*, nothing I am *ōpheloumai*.", "grammar": { "*Kai*": "conjunction - and/also", "*ean*": "conditional particle - if", "*psōmisō*": "aorist, active, subjunctive, 1st person singular - I feed/dole out food", "*panta*": "accusative, neuter, plural - all", "*hyparchonta*": "accusative, neuter, plural, participle - belongings/possessions/goods", "*mou*": "genitive, 1st person singular pronoun - of me/my", "*paradō*": "aorist, active, subjunctive, 1st person singular - I deliver up/hand over", "*sōma*": "accusative, neuter, singular - body", "*hina*": "conjunction - so that/in order that", "*kauthēsōmai*": "future, passive, subjunctive, 1st person singular - I may be burned", "*agapēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - love", "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and", "*mē*": "negative particle - not", "*echō*": "present, active, subjunctive, 1st person singular - I have/possess", "*ouden*": "accusative, neuter, singular - nothing", "*ōpheloumai*": "present, passive, indicative, 1st person singular - I am profited/benefited" }, "variants": { "*psōmisō*": "feed/give food to/distribute food", "*hyparchonta*": "possessions/goods/property/belongings", "*paradō*": "deliver up/hand over/surrender", "*sōma*": "body/physical form", "*kauthēsōmai*": "I may be burned/consumed by fire", "*ōpheloumai*": "I am profited/benefited/advantaged" } }

Verse 8

{ "verseID": "1 Corinthians.13.8", "source": "Ἡ ἀγάπη οὐδέποτε ἐκπίπτει: εἴτε δὲ προφητεῖαι, καταργηθήσονται· εἴτε γλῶσσαι, παύσονται· εἴτε γνῶσις, καταργηθήσεται.", "text": "The *agapē* *oudepote* *ekpiptei*: whether but *prophēteiai*, they shall be *katargēthēsontai*; whether *glōssai*, they shall *pausontai*; whether *gnōsis*, it shall be *katargēthēsetai*.", "grammar": { "*Hē*": "nominative, feminine, singular article - the", "*agapē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - love", "*oudepote*": "adverb - never", "*ekpiptei*": "present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - fails/falls away", "*eite*": "conditional conjunction - whether/if", "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and", "*prophēteiai*": "nominative, feminine, plural - prophecies", "*katargēthēsontai*": "future, passive, indicative, 3rd person plural - they will be abolished/done away", "*glōssai*": "nominative, feminine, plural - tongues/languages", "*pausontai*": "future, middle, indicative, 3rd person plural - they will cease", "*gnōsis*": "nominative, feminine, singular - knowledge", "*katargēthēsetai*": "future, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular - it will be abolished/done away" }, "variants": { "*oudepote*": "never/at no time", "*ekpiptei*": "fails/falls away/lapses/comes to an end", "*prophēteiai*": "prophecies/prophetic utterances", "*katargēthēsontai*": "will be abolished/done away/rendered inoperative", "*glōssai*": "tongues/languages/utterances", "*pausontai*": "will cease/stop/come to an end", "*katargēthēsetai*": "will be abolished/done away/rendered inoperative" } }

Verse 11

{ "verseID": "1 Corinthians.13.11", "source": "Ὅτε ἤμην νήπιος, ὡς νήπιος ἐλάλουν, ὡς νήπιος ἐφρόνουν, ὡς νήπιος ἐλογιζόμην: ὅτε δέ γέγονα ἀνήρ, κατήργηκα τὰ τοῦ νηπίου.", "text": "When I was *nēpios*, as *nēpios* I *elaloun*, as *nēpios* I *ephronoun*, as *nēpios* I *elogizomēn*: when but I have *gegona* *anēr*, I have *katērgēka* the things of the *nēpiou*.", "grammar": { "*Hote*": "temporal conjunction - when", "*ēmēn*": "imperfect, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I was", "*nēpios*": "nominative, masculine, singular - child/infant", "*hōs*": "comparative particle - as/like", "*elaloun*": "imperfect, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I was speaking", "*ephronoun*": "imperfect, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I was thinking", "*elogizomēn*": "imperfect, middle, indicative, 1st person singular - I was reasoning", "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and", "*gegona*": "perfect, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I have become", "*anēr*": "nominative, masculine, singular - man/adult male", "*katērgēka*": "perfect, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I have put away/abolished", "*ta*": "accusative, neuter, plural article - the things", "*tou*": "genitive, masculine, singular article - of the", "*nēpiou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - child/infant" }, "variants": { "*nēpios*": "child/infant/minor/immature one", "*elaloun*": "was speaking/talking/uttering", "*ephronoun*": "was thinking/understanding/having in mind", "*elogizomēn*": "was reasoning/calculating/considering", "*gegona*": "have become/grown to be", "*anēr*": "man/adult male/mature person", "*katērgēka*": "have put away/abolished/done away with" } }

Verse 12

{ "verseID": "1 Corinthians.13.12", "source": "Βλέπομεν γὰρ ἄρτι διʼ ἐσόπτρου, ἐν αἰνίγματι· τότε δὲ πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον: ἄρτι γινώσκω ἐκ μέρους· τότε δὲ ἐπιγνώσομαι καθὼς καὶ ἐπεγνώσθην.", "text": "We *blepomen* for *arti* through *esoptrou*, in *ainigmati*; then but *prosōpon* *pros* *prosōpon*: *arti* I *ginōskō* out of *merous*; then but I shall *epignōsomai* even as also I was *epegnōsthēn*.", "grammar": { "*Blepomen*": "present, active, indicative, 1st person plural - we see", "*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - for/because", "*arti*": "adverb - now/at present", "*di*": "preposition - through", "*esoptrou*": "genitive, neuter, singular - mirror", "*en*": "preposition - in", "*ainigmati*": "dative, neuter, singular - enigma/riddle/obscurely", "*tote*": "adverb - then/at that time", "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and", "*prosōpon*": "accusative, neuter, singular - face", "*pros*": "preposition - to/toward", "*prosōpon*": "accusative, neuter, singular - face", "*ginōskō*": "present, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I know", "*ek*": "preposition - out of/from", "*merous*": "genitive, neuter, singular - part/portion", "*epignōsomai*": "future, middle, indicative, 1st person singular - I shall know fully", "*kathōs*": "adverb - even as/just as", "*kai*": "conjunction - also/even", "*epegnōsthēn*": "aorist, passive, indicative, 1st person singular - I was fully known" }, "variants": { "*blepomen*": "we see/look at/perceive", "*arti*": "now/at present/currently", "*esoptrou*": "mirror/looking glass/reflection", "*ainigmati*": "enigma/riddle/obscurely/dimly", "*prosōpon*": "face/countenance/presence", "*pros*": "to/toward/with", "*ginōskō*": "know/understand/perceive", "*merous*": "part/portion/partially", "*epignōsomai*": "shall know fully/recognize completely/comprehend", "*epegnōsthēn*": "was fully known/completely recognized/thoroughly understood" } }