8Die Liebe hört niemals auf. Aber seien es Weissagungen, sie werden weggetan werden; seien es Sprachen, sie werden aufhören; sei es Erkenntnis, sie wird weggetan werden. (1Kor 13,13; Eph 3,17; 1Joh 4,7)9Denn wir erkennen stückweise und wir weissagen stückweise; (Hi 11,7; Pred 8,17)10wenn aber einmal das Vollkommene da ist, dann wird das Stückwerk weggetan. (Offb 21,22; Offb 22,5)11Als ich ein Unmündiger war, redete ich wie ein Unmündiger, dachte wie ein Unmündiger und urteilte wie ein Unmündiger; als ich aber ein Mann wurde, tat ich weg, was zum Unmündigsein gehört. (Gal 4,1; Eph 4,13; Hebr 5,12)12Denn wir sehen jetzt mittels eines Spiegels wie im Rätsel, dann aber von Angesicht zu Angesicht; jetzt erkenne ich stückweise, dann aber werde ich erkennen, gleichwie ich erkannt bin. (2Mo 33,11; 4Mo 12,6; 5Mo 5,4; 1Kor 13,10; 2Kor 3,18; Jak 1,23; 1Joh 3,2; Offb 22,4)13Nun aber bleiben Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe, diese drei; die größte aber von diesen ist die Liebe. (Röm 5,5; 1Kor 13,8; 1Thess 5,8; Hebr 6,19; Hebr 11,1; 1Joh 4,7; 1Joh 4,16)
1.Korinther 13
New International Reader’s Version
1Suppose I speak in the languages of human beings or of angels. If I don’t have love, I am only a loud gong or a noisy cymbal.2Suppose I have the gift of prophecy. Suppose I can understand all the secret things of God and know everything about him. And suppose I have enough faith to move mountains. If I don’t have love, I am nothing at all.3Suppose I give everything I have to poor people. And suppose I give myself over to a difficult life so I can boast. If I don’t have love, I get nothing at all.4Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not want what belongs to others. It does not boast. It is not proud.5It does not dishonour other people. It does not look out for its own interests. It does not easily become angry. It does not keep track of other people’s wrongs.6Love is not happy with evil. But it is full of joy when the truth is spoken.7It always protects. It always trusts. It always hopes. It never gives up.8Love never fails. But prophecy will pass away. Speaking in languages that had not been known before will end. And knowledge will pass away.9What we know now is not complete. What we prophesy now is not perfect.10But when what is complete comes, the things that are not complete will pass away.11When I was a child, I talked like a child. I thought like a child. I had the understanding of a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.12Now we see only a dim likeness of things. It is as if we were seeing them in a foggy mirror. But someday we will see clearly. We will see face to face. What I know now is not complete. But someday I will know completely, just as God knows me completely.13The three most important things to have are faith, hope and love. But the greatest of them is love.