1 Corinthians 12:31-13:3

New International Version

³¹ Now eagerly desire^(A) the greater gifts.

Love Is Indispensable

And yet I will show you the most excellent way.

13 If I speak in the tongues^[a](B) of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. ² If I have the gift of prophecy^(C) and can fathom all mysteries^(D) and all knowledge,^(E) and if I have a faith^(F) that can move mountains,^(G) but do not have love, I am nothing. ³ If I give all I possess to the poor^(H) and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,^[b](I) but do not have love, I gain nothing.