1 Cor 13:1-9 : 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"
}
}
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"
}
}
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"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.13.4",
"source": "Ἡ ἀγάπη μακροθυμεῖ, χρηστεύεται· ἡ ἀγάπη οὐ ζηλοῖ· ἡ ἀγάπη οὐ περπερεύεται, οὐ φυσιοῦται,",
"text": "The *agapē* *makrothymei*, *chrēsteuetai*; the *agapē* not *zēloi*; the *agapē* not *perpereuetai*, not *physioutai*,",
"grammar": {
"*Hē*": "nominative, feminine, singular article - the",
"*agapē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - love",
"*makrothymei*": "present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - is patient/long-suffering",
"*chrēsteuetai*": "present, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - is kind/acts kindly",
"*ou*": "negative particle - not",
"*zēloi*": "present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - envies/is jealous",
"*perpereuetai*": "present, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - boasts/is vainglorious",
"*physioutai*": "present, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular - is puffed up/inflated"
},
"variants": {
"*makrothymei*": "is patient/suffers long/is longsuffering",
"*chrēsteuetai*": "is kind/acts benevolently/shows kindness",
"*zēloi*": "envies/is jealous/covets",
"*perpereuetai*": "boasts/brags/is vainglorious",
"*physioutai*": "is puffed up/becomes arrogant/is inflated with pride"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.13.5",
"source": "Οὐκ ἀσχημονεῖ, οὐ ζητεῖ τὰ ἑαυτῆς, οὐ παροξύνεται, οὐ λογίζεται τὸ κακόν·",
"text": "Not *aschēmonei*, not *zētei* the things of *heautēs*, not *paroxynetai*, not *logizetai* the *kakon*;",
"grammar": {
"*Ouk*": "negative particle - not",
"*aschēmonei*": "present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - behaves unseemly/unbecomingly",
"*zētei*": "present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - seeks/looks for",
"*ta*": "accusative, neuter, plural article - the things",
"*heautēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular, reflexive pronoun - of itself/her own",
"*paroxynetai*": "present, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular - is provoked/irritated",
"*logizetai*": "present, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - reckons/counts/calculates",
"*to*": "accusative, neuter, singular article - the",
"*kakon*": "accusative, neuter, singular - evil/bad thing"
},
"variants": {
"*aschēmonei*": "behaves unseemly/acts improperly/is indecent",
"*zētei*": "seeks/pursues/looks for",
"*heautēs*": "of itself/her own/for itself",
"*paroxynetai*": "is provoked/irritated/angered/exasperated",
"*logizetai*": "reckons/counts/calculates/keeps account of",
"*kakon*": "evil/wrong/bad/harm"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.13.6",
"source": "Οὐ χαίρει ἐπὶ τῇ ἀδικίᾳ, συγχαίρει δὲ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ·",
"text": "Not *chairei* upon the *adikia*, *sygchairei* but with the *alētheia*;",
"grammar": {
"*Ou*": "negative particle - not",
"*chairei*": "present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - rejoices",
"*epi*": "preposition - upon/over/at",
"*tē*": "dative, feminine, singular article - the",
"*adikia*": "dative, feminine, singular - unrighteousness/injustice",
"*sygchairei*": "present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - rejoices with",
"*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and",
"*tē*": "dative, feminine, singular article - the",
"*alētheia*": "dative, feminine, singular - truth"
},
"variants": {
"*chairei*": "rejoices/is glad/takes pleasure",
"*epi*": "upon/over/at/in",
"*adikia*": "unrighteousness/injustice/wrongdoing",
"*sygchairei*": "rejoices with/shares joy with/rejoices together",
"*alētheia*": "truth/reality/veracity"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.13.7",
"source": "Πάντα στέγει, πάντα πιστεύει, πάντα ἐλπίζει, πάντα ὑπομένει.",
"text": "All things *stegei*, all things *pisteuei*, all things *elpizei*, all things *hypomenei*.",
"grammar": {
"*Panta*": "accusative, neuter, plural - all things",
"*stegei*": "present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - bears/covers/endures",
"*pisteuei*": "present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - believes/trusts",
"*elpizei*": "present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - hopes",
"*hypomenei*": "present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - endures/remains under"
},
"variants": {
"*stegei*": "bears/covers/endures/protects/conceals",
"*pisteuei*": "believes/trusts/has faith in",
"*elpizei*": "hopes/hopes for/expects",
"*hypomenei*": "endures/perseveres/remains under/bears up under"
}
}
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"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.13.9",
"source": "Ἐκ μέρους γὰρ γινώσκομεν, καὶ ἐκ μέρους προφητεύομεν.",
"text": "Out of *merous* for we *ginōskomen*, and out of *merous* we *prophēteuomen*.",
"grammar": {
"*Ek*": "preposition - out of/from",
"*merous*": "genitive, neuter, singular - part/portion",
"*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - for/because",
"*ginōskomen*": "present, active, indicative, 1st person plural - we know",
"*kai*": "conjunction - and",
"*prophēteuomen*": "present, active, indicative, 1st person plural - we prophesy"
},
"variants": {
"*merous*": "part/portion/partially",
"*ginōskomen*": "we know/understand/perceive",
"*prophēteuomen*": "we prophesy/speak forth/declare"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.13.10",
"source": "Ὅταν δὲ ἔλθῃ τὸ τέλειον, τότε τὸ ἐκ μέρους καταργηθήσεται.",
"text": "When but may come the *teleion*, then the out of *merous* shall be *katargēthēsetai*.",
"grammar": {
"*Hotan*": "temporal conjunction - when/whenever",
"*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and",
"*elthē*": "aorist, active, subjunctive, 3rd person singular - may come/arrive",
"*to*": "nominative, neuter, singular article - the",
"*teleion*": "nominative, neuter, singular - perfect/complete thing",
"*tote*": "adverb - then/at that time",
"*to*": "nominative, neuter, singular article - the",
"*ek*": "preposition - out of/from",
"*merous*": "genitive, neuter, singular - part/portion",
"*katargēthēsetai*": "future, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular - it will be abolished/done away"
},
"variants": {
"*elthē*": "may come/arrive/appear",
"*teleion*": "perfect/complete/mature/finished",
"*merous*": "part/portion/partial",
"*katargēthēsetai*": "will be abolished/done away/rendered inoperative"
}
}
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"
}
}
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"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.13.13",
"source": "Νυνὶ δὲ μένει πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη, τὰ τρία ταῦτα· μείζων δὲ τούτων ἡ ἀγάπη.",
"text": "*Nyni* but *menei* *pistis*, *elpis*, *agapē*, the three these; *meizōn* but of these the *agapē*.",
"grammar": {
"*Nyni*": "adverb - now",
"*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and",
"*menei*": "present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - remains/abides",
"*pistis*": "nominative, feminine, singular - faith",
"*elpis*": "nominative, feminine, singular - hope",
"*agapē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - love",
"*ta*": "nominative, neuter, plural article - the",
"*tria*": "nominative, neuter, plural - three",
"*tauta*": "nominative, neuter, plural demonstrative pronoun - these",
"*meizōn*": "nominative, feminine, singular, comparative - greater",
"*toutōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural demonstrative pronoun - of these",
"*hē*": "nominative, feminine, singular article - the"
},
"variants": {
"*nyni*": "now/at this time",
"*menei*": "remains/abides/continues",
"*pistis*": "faith/belief/trust",
"*elpis*": "hope/expectation",
"*agapē*": "love/charity/benevolence",
"*meizōn*": "greater/larger/more important"
}
}