1 Corinthians 13:3

“And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.”
King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations of 1 Corinthians 13:3

And though I bestowe all my goods to feede the poore, and though I giue my body to bee burned, and haue not charitie, it profiteth me nothing.
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original 1 Corinthians chapter 13

And if I give all my possessions to feed {the poor,} and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And if I bestow all my goods to feed `the poor', and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.
- Basic English Bible

And if I shall dole out all my goods in food, and if I deliver up my body that I may be burned, but have not love, I profit nothing.
- Darby Bible

And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
- Douay Rheims Bible

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
- Webster's Bible

And if I distribute all my possessions to the poor, and give up my body to be burned, but am destitute of Love, it profits me nothing.
- Weymouth Bible

If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.
- World English Bible

And if Y departe alle my goodis in to the metis of pore men, and yf Y bitake my bodi, so that Y brenne, and if Y haue not charite, it profitith to me no thing.
- Wycliffe Bible

and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.
- Youngs Literal Bible

Jim Kern's comment on 2013-09-30 04:35:32:

I think it may be referring to the fact that during that era Nero was burning
Christians at the stake. Paul may be saying that a supreme sacrifice might be to take the place of someone scheduled to be so sacrificed. Selah...
Selah

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