Hohelied Der Liebe

If I speak with humans
And with angelic tongues
And have not love
I am a resounding brass
Or a clanging cymbal

And if I could prophesy
And knew all secrets
And have not love
I am nothing

Love is patient and kind
Love does not envy, it does not boast
It does not seek its own
It is not easily angered
It keeps no record of wrongs
It does not delight in evil
But rejoices in the truth

Love bears all things, believes all things
Hopes all things, endures all things

Love never fails
Even though prophecies and languages
And knowledge will cease

For our knowledge is incomplete
And our prophecy is incomplete
But love is perfect
And never ends

Love bears all things
Love believes all things
Love hopes all things
Love endures all things

We now see through a glass
In a dark word
But then face to face
Now I know in part
But then I shall know
Just as I am known

Love bears all things
Love believes all things
Love hopes all things
Love endures all things

It keeps no record of wrongs
It does not delight in evil
But rejoices in the truth

Now remains
Now remains faith, hope, love
These three, but the greatest is love
Amen!