1 Corinthians 13:3 — Compare Translations

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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.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

And if I give away all my possessions, and if I give over my body in order to boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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.

English EASY 2024

I may give all my things to poor people. I may let other people take my body to burn it. But that would not help me if I do not love others.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

I may give away everything I have to help others, and I may even give my body as an offering to be burned. But I gain nothing by doing all this if I don't have love.

If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

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.

English God's Word - GW 1995

I may even give away all that I have and give up my body to be burned. But if I don't have love, none of these things will help me.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

And if I donate all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

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.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

If I give all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profits me nothing.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

If I give away everything I own, and if I hand my body over so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Suppose I give everything I have to poor people. And suppose I give my body to be burned. If I don't have love, I get nothing at all.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

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.

English NLT

If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn't love others, I would be of no value whatsoever.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

And if I were to be so generous as to give away everything I owned to feed the poor, and to offer my body to be burned as a martyr, without the pure motive of love, I would gain nothing of value.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

If I give away all I have, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

If I gave everything I have to poor people, and if I were burned alive for preaching the Gospel but didn't love others, it would be of no value whatever.

English Tyndale 1537

And though I bestowed all my goods to feed the poor, and though I gave my body even that I burned, and yet had no love, it profiteth me nothing.