Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 13:1 | Though I spake with the tonges of men and of angels, and haue no loue. I am euen as sounding brasse, or as a tynklinge cymball. |
| 13:2 | And though I coulde prophesy, and vnderstode all secretes, and all knowledge: yee yf I haue all fayth, so that I can moue mountayns oute of their places, and yet haue no loue, I am nothynge. |
| 13:3 | And though I bestowe all my goodes to fede the poore, and though I geue my body euen that I burned, and yet haue no loue, it profyteth me nothynge. |
| 13:4 | Loue suffreth longe, and is curteous. Loue enuyeth not. Loue doth not frowardly, swelleth not, dealeth not dishonestly |
| 13:5 | seketh not her awne, is not prouoked to anger, thynketh no euyll, |
| 13:6 | reioyseth not in iniquyte: but reioyseth in the trueth, |
| 13:7 | suffreth all thynges, beleueth all thynges, hopeth all thynges, endureth all thynges. |
| 13:8 | Though that prophesyinges fayle, other tonges cease, or knowledge vanysshe awaye, yet loue falleth neuer awaye. |
| 13:9 | For oure knowledge is vnperfect, and oure prophesyinge is vnperfect. |
| 13:10 | But when that whych is perfect, is come, then that whych is vnperfect, shall be done awaye. |
| 13:11 | When I was a chylde, I spake as a chylde, I vnderstode as a chylde, I ymagined as a chylde. But assone as I was a man, I put awaye chyldeshnes. |
| 13:12 | Nowe we se in a glasse, euen in a darcke speakyng: but then shall we se face to face. Nowe I knowe vnperfectly: but then shall I knowe euen as I am knowen. |
| 13:13 | Nowe abydeth fayth, hope, and loue, euen these thre: but the chefe of these is loue. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."