1 Corinthians 13:13
Modern Translations
New International Version
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

New Living Translation
Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.

English Standard Version
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Berean Study Bible
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.

New American Standard Bible
But now faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

NASB 1995
But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.

NASB 1977
But now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Amplified Bible
And now there remain: faith [abiding trust in God and His promises], hope [confident expectation of eternal salvation], love [unselfish love for others growing out of God’s love for me], these three [the choicest graces]; but the greatest of these is love.

Christian Standard Bible
Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love—but the greatest of these is love.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Contemporary English Version
For now there are faith, hope, and love. But of these three, the greatest is love.

Good News Translation
Meanwhile these three remain: faith, hope, and love; and the greatest of these is love.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So these three things remain: faith, hope, and love. But the best one of these is love.

International Standard Version
Right now three things remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

NET Bible
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

New King James Version
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

King James 2000 Bible
And now abides faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

New Heart English Bible
But now faith, hope, and love remain--these three. The greatest of these is love.

World English Bible
But now faith, hope, and love remain--these three. The greatest of these is love.

American King James Version
And now stays faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

American Standard Version
But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

A Faithful Version
And now, these three remain: faith, hope and love; but the greatest of these is love.

Darby Bible Translation
And now abide faith, hope, love; these three things; and the greater of these [is] love.

English Revised Version
But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Webster's Bible Translation
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And nowe abideth faith, hope and loue, euen these three: but the chiefest of these is loue.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Nowe abydeth fayth, hope, and loue, these three, but the chiefe of these is loue.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Now abydeth faith, hope, loue, these thre: but the greatest of these is loue.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Now abideth fayth hope and love even these thre: but the chefe of these is love.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and now there remains faith, hope, love—these three; and the greatest of these [is] love.

Berean Literal Bible
But now these three things abide: faith, hope, love; but the greatest of these is love.

Young's Literal Translation
and now there doth remain faith, hope, love -- these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Smith's Literal Translation
And now remains faith, hope, love, these three; and the greater of these, love.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And now abide faith, hope, love- these three things; but the greatest of these is love.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity.

Catholic Public Domain Version
But for now, these three continue: faith, hope, and charity. And the greatest of these is charity.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For there are these three things that endure: Faith, Hope and Love, but the greatest of these is Love.

Lamsa Bible
And now abides faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Godbey New Testament
But now abide faith, hope, divine love, these three; but the greatest of these is divine love.

Haweis New Testament
But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greater of these is love.

Mace New Testament
and now faith, hope, social virtue, these three will all remain; but the most permanent of the three is social virtue.

Weymouth New Testament
And so there remain Faith, Hope, Love--these three; and of these the greatest is Love.

Worrell New Testament
But now abides faith, hope, love; these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Worsley New Testament
And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three graces; but the greatest of these is love.
















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