Apologetics Bible

1Corinthians 13:1

Greek

Ἐὰν ταῖς γλώσσαις τῶν ἀνθρώπων λαλῶ καὶ τῶν ἀγγέλων, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, γέγονα χαλκὸς ἠχῶν ἢ κύμβαλον ἀλαλάζον.

Ean tais glossais ton anthropon lalo kai ton aggelon, agapen de me echo, gegona chalkos echon e kymbalon alalazon.

KJV: Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

AKJV: Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

ASV: If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

YLT: If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling;

Exposition: 1Corinthians 13:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 13:2

Greek

⸂καὶ ἐὰν⸃ ἔχω προφητείαν καὶ εἰδῶ τὰ μυστήρια πάντα καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γνῶσιν, ⸄καὶ ἐὰν⸅ ἔχω πᾶσαν τὴν πίστιν ὥστε ὄρη ⸀μεθιστάναι, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐθέν εἰμι.

kai ean echo propheteian kai eido ta mysteria panta kai pasan ten gnosin, kai ean echo pasan ten pistin oste ore methistanai, agapen de me echo, oythen eimi.

KJV: And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

AKJV: And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

ASV: And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

YLT: and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;

Exposition: 1Corinthians 13:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 13:3

Greek

⸂καὶ ἐὰν⸃ ψωμίσω πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντά μου, ⸄καὶ ἐὰν⸅ παραδῶ τὸ σῶμά μου, ἵνα ⸀καυθήσομαι, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐδὲν ὠφελοῦμαι.

kai ean psomiso panta ta yparchonta moy, kai ean parado to soma moy, ina kaythesomai, agapen de me echo, oyden opheloymai.

KJV: And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

AKJV: And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profits me nothing.

ASV: And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

YLT: and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.

Exposition: 1Corinthians 13:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 13:4

Greek

Ἡ ἀγάπη μακροθυμεῖ, χρηστεύεται ἡ ἀγάπη, οὐ ζηλοῖ ⸂ἡ ἀγάπη⸃, οὐ περπερεύεται, οὐ φυσιοῦται,

E agape makrothymei, chresteyetai e agape, oy zeloi e agape, oy perpereyetai, oy physioytai,

KJV: Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

AKJV: Charity suffers long, and is kind; charity envies not; charity brags not itself, is not puffed up,

ASV: Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

YLT: The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

Exposition: 1Corinthians 13:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 13:5

Greek

οὐκ ἀσχημονεῖ, οὐ ζητεῖ τὰ ἑαυτῆς, οὐ παροξύνεται, οὐ λογίζεται τὸ κακόν,

oyk aschemonei, oy zetei ta eaytes, oy paroxynetai, oy logizetai to kakon,

KJV: Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

AKJV: Does not behave itself unseemly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil;

ASV: doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;

YLT: doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

Exposition: 1Corinthians 13:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 13:6

Greek

οὐ χαίρει ἐπὶ τῇ ἀδικίᾳ, συγχαίρει δὲ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ·

oy chairei epi te adikia, sygchairei de te aletheia·

KJV: Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

AKJV: Rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;

ASV: rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;

YLT: rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth;

Exposition: 1Corinthians 13:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 13:7

Greek

πάντα στέγει, πάντα πιστεύει, πάντα ἐλπίζει, πάντα ὑπομένει.

panta stegei, panta pisteyei, panta elpizei, panta ypomenei.

KJV: Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

AKJV: Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

ASV: beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

YLT: all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

Exposition: 1Corinthians 13:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 13:8

Greek

Ἡ ἀγάπη οὐδέποτε ⸀πίπτει. εἴτε δὲ προφητεῖαι, καταργηθήσονται· εἴτε γλῶσσαι, παύσονται· εἴτε γνῶσις, καταργηθήσεται.

E agape oydepote piptei. eite de propheteiai, katargethesontai· eite glossai, paysontai· eite gnosis, katargethesetai.

KJV: Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

AKJV: Charity never fails: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

ASV: Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away.

YLT: The love doth never fail; and whether there be prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless;

Exposition: 1Corinthians 13:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 13:9

Greek

ἐκ μέρους ⸀γὰρ γινώσκομεν καὶ ἐκ μέρους προφητεύομεν·

ek meroys gar ginoskomen kai ek meroys propheteyomen·

KJV: For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

AKJV: For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

ASV: For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;

YLT: for in part we know, and in part we prophecy;

Exposition: 1Corinthians 13:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 13:10

Greek

ὅταν δὲ ἔλθῃ τὸ τέλειον, ⸀τὸ ἐκ μέρους καταργηθήσεται.

otan de elthe to teleion, to ek meroys katargethesetai.

KJV: But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

AKJV: But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

ASV: but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.

YLT: and when that which is perfect may come, then that which is in part shall become useless.

Exposition: 1Corinthians 13:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 13:11

Greek

ὅτε ἤμην νήπιος, ⸂ἐλάλουν ὡς νήπιος, ἐφρόνουν ὡς νήπιος, ἐλογιζόμην ὡς νήπιος⸃· ⸀ὅτε γέγονα ἀνήρ, κατήργηκα τὰ τοῦ νηπίου.

ote emen nepios, elaloyn os nepios, ephronoyn os nepios, elogizomen os nepios· ote gegona aner, katergeka ta toy nepioy.

KJV: When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

AKJV: When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

ASV: When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.

YLT: When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;

Exposition: 1Corinthians 13:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 13:12

Greek

βλέπομεν γὰρ ἄρτι διʼ ἐσόπτρου ἐν αἰνίγματι, τότε δὲ πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον· ἄρτι γινώσκω ἐκ μέρους, τότε δὲ ἐπιγνώσομαι καθὼς καὶ ἐπεγνώσθην.

blepomen gar arti di esoptroy en ainigmati, tote de prosopon pros prosopon· arti ginosko ek meroys, tote de epignosomai kathos kai epegnosthen.

KJV: For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

AKJV: For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

ASV: For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known.

YLT: for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known;

Exposition: 1Corinthians 13:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 13:13

Greek

νυνὶ δὲ μένει πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη· τὰ τρία ταῦτα, μείζων δὲ τούτων ἡ ἀγάπη.

nyni de menei pistis, elpis, agape· ta tria tayta, meizon de toyton e agape.

KJV: And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

AKJV: And now stays faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

ASV: But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

YLT: and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Exposition: 1Corinthians 13:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.