Verse Comparison: 1 Corinthians 13:3

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
Even if I dole out all that I have [to the poor in providing] food, and if I surrender my body to be burned {or in order that I may glory}, but have not love (God's love in me), I gain nothing.

Contemporary English Version
What if I gave away all that I owned and let myself be burned alive? I would gain nothing, unless I loved others.

Darby English Version
And if I shall dole out all my goods in food, and if I deliver up my body that I may be burned, but have not love, I profit nothing.

Good News Bible
I may give away everything I have, and even give up my body to be burned ---but if I have no love, this does me no good.

International Standard Version
Even if I give away all that I have and surrender my body so that I may boast but have no love, I get nothing out of it.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
And if I give all my possessions to feed {the poor,} and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.

New International Version
If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

New King James Version
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to become burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.

Young's Literal Translation
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.


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