Matthew(i)
31 Couet after the beste gyftes. And yet shewe I vnto you a more excellente waye.
13 1 Thought I speake with tounges of men and angels, and yet had no loue, I were euen as soundinge brasse, or as a tynklinge Cimbal.
2 And though I could prophecye, and vnderstande all secretes, and all knowledge: yea, yf I had all fayth so that I coulde moue mountaines out of theyr places, and yet had no loue, I were nothing.
3 And thought I bestowed all my goodes to fede the pore, and though I gaue my bodye euen that I burned, and yet had no loue, it profeteth me nothinge.
4 Loue suffreth longe, and is curteous. Loue enuieth not. Loue doth not frowardelye, swelleth not, dealeth not dishonestlye,
5 seketh not her owne, is not prouoketh to anger, thinketh not euil,
6 reioiceth not in iniquitie: but reioiseth in the trueth,
7 suffreth all thinge, beleueth all thinges, hopeth al thinges, endureth in all thinges.
8 Though that propheciynge fayle, other tounges shall cease, or knowledge vanishe awaye, yet loue falleth neuer awaye.
9 For oure knowledge is vnperfect, & oure prophesiynge is vnperfecte.