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1 Corinthians 13
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1 Corinthians 13:1

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13:1 Or turn into a kettle clattering

Research Guide

Close to Jehovah, p. 301

Insight, Volume 1, pp. 505, 563

The Watchtower,
12/15/2015, p. 4
7/15/1992, p. 28
5/1/1991, pp. 10-11
11/1/1988, p. 14
Publications Index
cl 301; it-1 505, 563; w15 12/15 4; w92 7/15 28; w91 5/1 10; w88 11/1 14;

w80 4/15 25; w78 9/15 18; w76 530; w73 524; ad 375, 406; g71 2/22 8; w69 683; w65 708; w61 11, 58; w51 264; w50 495; el 175; w49 341; w47 9

1 Corinthians 13:2

Research Guide

Close to Jehovah, p. 301

Insight, Volume 1, p. 937

Insight, Volume 2, p. 445

The Watchtower,
7/15/1992, p. 28
11/15/1990, p. 12
Publications Index
cl 301; it-1 937; it-2 445; w92 7/15 28; w90 11/15 12;

w80 4/15 25; w78 9/15 18; w76 530; w61 11; el 175; w49 345

1 Corinthians 13:3

Research Guide

Insight, Volume 2, p. 682

The Watchtower,
7/15/1992, p. 28
10/1/1991, pp. 20-21
Publications Index
it-2 682; w92 7/15 28; w91 10/1 20-21;

w80 4/15 25; w78 9/15 18; w76 323; w72 415; g72 7/22 27; w66 17; yb66 27; g61 10/22 4; w49 346

1 Corinthians 13:4

Research Guide

“My Follower,” pp. 162-163

Bible Questions Answered, article 195

Close to Jehovah, pp. 302-303, 305-306

Insight, Volume 1, p. 1260

Insight, Volume 2, p. 277

The Watchtower,
6/15/2014, p. 20
10/15/2002, p. 28
11/1/2001, pp. 15-16
2/15/1999, pp. 19-21
9/15/1995, pp. 14-19
9/1/1994, p. 20
10/15/1993, pp. 19, 21
7/15/1992, pp. 28-29
7/15/1991, p. 14
10/15/1989, p. 18
Publications Index
ijwbq article 195; mrt article 39; cf 162-163; cl 302-303, 305-306; it-1 1260; it-2 277; w14 6/15 20; w02 10/15 28; w01 11/1 15-16; w99 2/15 19-21; w95 9/15 14-19; w94 9/1 20; w93 10/15 19, 21; w92 7/15 28-29; w91 7/15 14; w89 10/15 18;

g85 4/22 16; w80 2/15 6; w80 4/15 26-27; w78 6/15 4; w78 9/15 18-19; fl 35-36, 72-74; w74 439-440; g74 4/22 8; w73 292; w72 131-132; ad 1082; w65 196, 643; g65 8/22 4; w64 496; g64 6/8 4; w63 356; g63 3/22 7; w62 148; g62 8/22 28; g62 11/8 17; w61 13, 183; yb61 17, 20; w56 554; g51 3/8 25; w49 356

1 Corinthians 13:5

Research Guide

“My Follower,” pp. 163-169

Close to Jehovah, pp. 306-307

Insight, Volume 1, p. 604

Insight, Volume 2, pp. 277-278

The Watchtower (Study),
1/2016, p. 27

The Watchtower,
6/15/2014, pp. 20-21
8/1/2008, p. 15
2/15/1999, pp. 20-21
10/15/1993, pp. 19-20
7/15/1992, p. 29
10/15/1989, pp. 18-19
6/15/1989, p. 14
Publications Index
cf 163-165, 167-169; cl 306-307; it-1 604; it-2 277-278; w16.01 27; w14 6/15 20-21; w08 8/1 15; w99 2/15 20-21; w93 10/15 19-20; w92 7/15 29; w89 6/15 14; w89 10/15 18-19;

g85 4/22 16; g82 4/8 17; w80 4/1 15; w80 4/15 26-27; w78 2/15 30-32; w78 9/15 19-20; fl 61, 74-75; w74 440-441; g74 4/22 8; w72 132, 287; w72 565, 739; ad 1082; w65 205, 298-299, 350, 644; g65 1/8 4; w64 350, 499; g64 6/8 4; g63 1/22 4; g63 2/22 4; g63 7/22 4; w62 204; g62 7/22 4; w61 183, 708; yb61 17; w60 140-141; g60 7/22 4; w54 570, 735; w53 5; g51 3/8 25; w49 358

1 Corinthians 13:6

Research Guide

Close to Jehovah, pp. 303, 307-308

Insight, Volume 2, p. 278

The Watchtower,
6/15/2014, pp. 20-21
2/15/1999, pp. 20-21
10/15/1993, pp. 20, 21-22
7/15/1992, pp. 29-30
10/15/1989, pp. 18-19

Awake!,
11/2008, pp. 8-9
Publications Index
cl 303, 307-308; it-2 278; w14 6/15 21; g 11/08 8-9; w99 2/15 20-21; w93 10/15 20-22; w92 7/15 29-30; w89 10/15 19;

w80 4/15 26-27; w78 9/15 20; fl 75; w74 441; ad 1082; w64 500; g51 3/8 25; w49 360

1 Corinthians 13:8

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13:8 Lit. whether prophecies . . . whether languages . . . whether knowledge

Research Guide

Close to Jehovah, pp. 308-309

Insight, Volume 1, p. 128

Insight, Volume 2, pp. 278, 665, 693

The Watchtower,
6/15/2014, p. 21
12/15/2009, pp. 27-28
7/1/2003, p. 7
10/15/1993, pp. 20-21
8/15/1992, p. 5
7/15/1992, p. 30
10/15/1989, p. 19

Reasoning, pp. 403-404
Publications Index
cl 308-309; it-1 128; it-2 278, 665, 693; w14 6/15 21; w09 12/15 27-28; w03 7/1 7; w93 10/15 20-21; w92 7/15 30; w92 8/15 5; w89 10/15 19; rs 403-404;

w81 8/15 6; w78 9/15 20-21; w78 12/15 30; fl 76; g78 1/22 27-28; g78 3/8 27; g76 7/22 26; w75 95-96; w74 442, 447; g74 12/22 27-28; w73 292; ka 391; w72 132; g72 11/8 7; w71 501; ad 92, 1083; w69 287-288, 541; li 107; w64 90, 286, 501; w63 74, 152, 342, 356; ln 36; g63 3/22 6; w61 183, 334; pa 152; w57 437; w51 264; w50 495; el 169; w49 340, 362; w48 282; w47 158

1 Corinthians 13:9

Research Guide

The Watchtower,
7/15/1992, pp. 30-31
Publications Index
w92 7/15 30-31;

w81 12/1 19; el 177; w49 362; w47 158

1 Corinthians 13:10

Research Guide

The Watchtower,
7/15/1992, pp. 30-31
Publications Index
w92 7/15 30-31;

w81 12/1 19; w75 95-96; w71 565; el 178; w49 362; w47 158

1 Corinthians 13:11

Research Guide

Awake!,
10/2011, p. 5

The Watchtower,
9/1/2007, p. 22
8/1/1992, pp. 9-11
7/15/1992, p. 31
Publications Index
g 10/11 5; w07 9/1 22; w92 7/15 31; w92 8/1 9-11;

w85 5/1 8-10; g77 6/8 19; g72 11/8 7; w65 196; w63 343; w52 44; el 178; w49 363; w30 262

1 Corinthians 13:12

Research Guide

Insight, Volume 1, pp. 801-802

Insight, Volume 2, p. 415

The Watchtower,
4/1/2015, p. 15
3/15/2000, p. 12
7/15/1992, p. 31
Publications Index
it-1 801-802; it-2 415; w15 4/1 15; w00 3/15 12; w92 7/15 31;

w81 12/1 19; w80 7/1 32; w76 564; ad 560, 1167; w63 234; w60 104; el 178; w49 363

1 Corinthians 13:13

Research Guide

The Watchtower (Study),
11/2023, p. 8

The Watchtower (Study),
10/2016, p. 30

The Watchtower,
7/15/2008, p. 27
7/15/1992, p. 31
9/15/1991, p. 19
11/15/1990, pp. 10-12, 15

Family Happiness, pp. 28-29
Publications Index
w23.11 8; w16.10 30; w08 7/15 27; fy 29; w92 7/15 31; w91 9/15 19; w90 11/15 10-12, 15;

w82 12/15 20-21; w80 6/1 3; w78 9/15 21; w73 390; w73 691; w65 664; w64 501; w63 355; w60 382; el 178; w49 355, 363; w47 9

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The Bible in Living English

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

1 Corinthians

13 * If I speak the languages of men and angels but do not have love, I turn into a gong sounding or a cymbal clashing; 2 and if I have prophecy and know all secrets and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing; 3 and if I give all my possessions in charity, and if I give up my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I am none the better. 4 Love is patient, kind; love is not jealous; love does not show off, does not get inflated, 5 does not shock people, does not look out for its own interests, does not get provoked, does not count its injuries, 6 is not glad at a wrong deed but glad to have the truth made glad, 7 stands everything, believes everything, hopes everything, holds out through everything. 8 * Love never drops away; but as for prophecies they will be superseded, as for languages they will come to a stop, as for knowledge it will be superseded; 9 for it is in part that we know and in part that we prophesy, 10 but when the complete comes the partial will be superseded. 11 When I was a child I used a child’s language, took a child’s views, made a child’s calculations; since I have become a man I have superseded the child’s ways. 12 For we see now by a mirror, as a puzzle to be guessed at, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall be aware in the same way as he was aware of me. 13 And now there remain faith, hope, love—these three. And greatest of these is love.