The Holy Spirit and spiritual gifts

This page contains selected passages from the Open English Translation with the passage from the OET Readers’ Version on the left, and the OET Literal Version on the right. Minimal commentary is included (only some headings)—our aim is simply to conveniently list the passages in one place so that our readers can make up their own minds about what the writer of the passage was intending to communicate.

Readers’ Version

Literal Version

The promised Spirit

OET Eze 36:25-27

25 Then I’ll sprinkle pure water on you so you’ll be cleaned from all of your impurities, and I’ll purify you from all your idols. 26 I’ll give you people a new heart and a new spirit in your innermost parts, and I’ll take the stony heart away from your bodies and replace it with a heart of flesh.[ref] 27 I’ll put my spirit in you and enable you Israelis to follow my instructions and keep my regulations.

36:26-28: Eze 11:19-20.

OET Yhn (Jhn) 14:15-26

14:15 The father will be sending a different advocate

15 “If you all love me, you will obey my commands. 16 Then I will ask the father, and he will give you a different assistant to be with you all for this age— 17 the spirit of truth. The world can’t accept him, because it doesn’t see or know him.

18 “And I won’t leave you all here as orphans, but I’ll come back to you. 19 It won’t be long now and the world won’t see me any more, but you will see me because I’ll be alive and you all will be alive also. 20 At that time you will know that I am in my father, and you all are in me, and I am in you all.

21 “Anyone who takes my commands and obeys them, that’s the person who loves me, and anyone who loves me will be loved by my father, and I too will be loving them and will be revealing myself to them.”

22 Yehudah (Judas; Grk. Yudas) (not Yehudah Iskariot) asked, “Master, what’s going on? Why would you reveal yourself to us and not to the whole world?”

23 Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) answered, “If anyone loves me, they’ll obey my teaching, and my father will love them and we will go to that person and live with them. 24 But anyone who doesn’t love me, won’t obey my teaching. The words that you hear from me are not my own, but come from the father who sent me.

25 “I told you all this while I have been here with you all. 26 But the holy spirit, the assistant who the father will be sending with my authority, he will be teaching you everything, and will be reminding you of everything that I told you all.

15 If you _all _are _loving me, you _all _will _be _keeping the my the commands.

16 And _I will _be _asking the father, and he _will _be _giving another advocate to _you _all, in _order _that he _may _be with you _all to the age

17 the spirit of_ the _truth, whom the world is_ not _able to _receive, because it _is_ not _observing nor is _knowing him.
You _all are _knowing him, because he _is _remaining with you _all, and is in you _all.

18 I_˓will˒_ not _be _leaving you _all orphans, I _am _coming to you _all.

19 Still a_little time and the world is_ no _longer _observing me, but you _all are _observing me, because I am _living, also you _all will _be _living.

20 In that the day will _be _knowing you _all that I in the father of _me, and you _all in me, and _I in you _all.

21 The one having the commands of _me and keeping them, that one is the one loving me, and the one loving me, will _be _being _loved by the father of _me, and _I will _be _loving him, and will _be _manifesting myself to _him.

22 Youdas/(Yəhūdāh) not to _him the Iskariōtaʸs is _saying:
master, what has _become, that you _are _going to _be _manifesting yourself to _us, and not to _the world?

23 Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) answered and said to _him:
If anyone may _be _loving me, he _will _be _keeping the message of _me, and the father of _me will _be _loving him, and we _will _be _coming to him, and we _will _be _making a_dwelling with him.

24 The one not loving me, is_ not _keeping the messages of _me, and the message that you _all _are _hearing, is not mine, but of _the father having _sent me.

25 I _have _spoken these things to _you _all remaining with you _all.

26 But the advocate, the the holy spirit, whom the father will _be _sending in the name of _me, that one will _be _teaching you _all all things, and will _be _reminding you _all all things which I _said to _you _all.

OET Yhn (Jhn) 16:7-15

7 But honestly it’s for your benefit that I will leave here, because if I don’t, then the assistant won’t be coming to you. But after I’ve gone, I’ll send him to you all. 8 When he comes, he’ll scold the world about sin and teach them about righteousness and judgement— 9 about sin because they don’t believe that I was sent by God, 10 about righteousness because I am going to the father and you won’t be able to see me any longer, 11 and about judgement because the ruler of this world has been judged.

12 “I still have a lot to tell you all, but you’re not able to handle it all right now. 13 But when the assistant comes, the spirit of truth, he will guide you in all truth because he won’t be speaking from his own thoughts, but will tell you what he’s been told, and he will explain to you what’s still going to happen. 14 He’ll be honouring me because he’ll take what is mine and will explain it to you all. 15 Everything that the father has is mine, that’s why I said he will take what is mine and explain it to you.

7 But I am _saying the truth to _you _all, it _is _benefitting for _you _all that I may _go _away.
For/Because if I _may_ not _go _away, the advocate he_˓will˒_ not _be _coming to you _all, but if I _may _be _gone, I _will _be _sending him to you _all.

8 And having _come, that one will _be _rebuking the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgement,

9 concerning sin on _one _hand, because they _are_ not _believing in me,

10 concerning righteousness on _the _other _hand, because I _am _going to the father, and you _all _are_ no _longer _observing me,

11 on _the _other _hand concerning judgement, because the ruler of_ the this _world has _been _judged.

12 I _am_ still _having many things to _be _saying to _you _all, but you _all _are_ not _being _able to _be _bearing them now.

13 But whenever that one may _come, the spirit of_ the _truth, he _will _be _guiding you _all in all the truth, because/for he_˓will˒_ not _be _speaking from himself, but as _much _as he _will _be _hearing, he _will _be _speaking, and he _will _be _declaring to _you _all the things coming.

14 That one will _be _glorifying me, because he _will _be _taking of what is mine, and will _be _declaring to _you _all.

15 All things as _much _as the father is _having, is mine, because _of this I _said that of the thing of _mine he _is _taking, and will _be _declaring to _you _all.

OET Acts 2:1-21

2:1 God’s spirit arrives and many get saved

2 When the Day of Pentecost[ref] actually arrived, the believers met together in the same room. 2 Suddenly there was a noise in the sky that sounded like a strong wind, then it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what looked like tongues of fire that kept dividing[fn] and then settling down on each one of them. 4 In this way they were all filled with the holy spirit and began speaking in other languages as the spirit enabled them.

5 At the time, there were godly Yehudim (Jews) staying in Yerushalem (Jerusalem) that had come from other countries all around the world. 6 When they heard this noise, lots of people came to investigate but they were confused because they heard the believers talking in their own languages from around the world. 7 They were astounded and marvelled, asking, “Wow, aren’t these people talking all Galilim? 8 So how come we’re hearing them speak the languages of the countries where we were born? 9 There’s people here from Parthia, Maday (Media), Eylam, Mesopotamia, Yehudah (Judea), Kappadokia, Pontos, Asia Minor, 10 Frugia, Pamfulia, Mitsrayim (Egypt), Libya (near Kurainai (Cyrene)), and visitors from Romai, 11 Kraitai (Crete), and Arav. Some are Yehudim and some are non-Jews who’ve converted to Youdaismos. And we can hear them talking about God in our languages.” 12 Everyone was amazed and totally puzzled, asking each other, “What’s going on here?” 13 But others scoffed and said, “Ha, they’ve just had too much to drink.”

2:14 Kefa’s sermon

14 So the twelve stood up and Kefa (Peter; Grk. Petros) told the crowd in a loud voice, “People of Yehudah (Judea) and everyone staying in Yerushalem (Jerusalem). Listen to me so that I can explain this to you. 15 This group isn’t drunk like you’re all thinking, because it’s still mid-morning, 16 but you’re seeing what the prophet Yoel (Joel) wrote about:

17 God said, ‘In the last days I’ll pour out my spirit on all humanity—your children will tell of future events, your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams from God. 18 I’ll pour my spirit out on my male and female slaves and they’ll tell of future events. 19 I’ll do unusual things with the stars and planets, and also down on the earth below: blood, fire, and clouds of smoke. 20 I’ll make the sun go dark and the moon go blood red. This will happen before the great victorious day of the coming of Yahweh. 21 Then everyone who relies on the name and authority of Yahweh will be saved.’[ref]

3:1 See https://www.billmounce.com/monday-with-mounce/what-%E2%80%9Cdivided-tongue%E2%80%9D-acts-2-3-0

2:1: Lev 23:15-21; Deu 16:9-11.

2:17-21: Yoel 2:28-32 (LXX).

2 And at the time the day the of _pentecost to _be _being _fulfilled, they _were all together in the same place.

2 And suddenly a_sound became out _of the heaven, as being _carried of_a_ forceful _wind, and it _filled all the house where they _were sitting.

3 And dividing tongues as _if of _fire were _seen to _them, and sat _down on each one of _them.

4 And they _were_ all _filled with_the_ holy _spirit, and they _began to _be _speaking with _other tongues, as the spirit was _giving to _them to _be _speaking _out.

5 And Youdaiōns were dwelling in Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), devout men from every nation of _the nations under the heaven.

6 And of_ the this _sound having _become, the multitude came _together and was _confounded, because each one heard speaking of _them in _his.
own language.

7 And they _were _amazed and they _were _marvelling saying:
Behold are not, all these who are speaking Galilaios?

8 And how are_ we _hearing each in _the own language of _us, in which we _were _born?

9 ones_from _Parthia, and ones_from _Maʸdia, and ones_from _Elam, and the ones dwelling _in the Mesopotamia, Youdaia and and/both Kappadokia, Pontos and the Asia,

10 Frugia and and/both Pamfulia, Aiguptos/(Miʦrayim), and the parts of_ the _Libuaʸ which along Kuraʸnaʸ, and the ones Ɽōmaios visiting,

11 both Youdaiōns and converts, ones_from _Kraʸtaʸ and ones_from _Arabia, we _are _hearing them speaking, the great things of_ the _god the in _our tongues.

12 And all were _marvelling and were _thoroughly _perplexed, another saying to another:
What is _wanting this to _be?

13 But others mocking were _saying, that They _are having _been _filled of _sweet _wine.

14 But the Petros having _been _stood with the eleven, lifted _up the voice of _him and spoke _out to _them:
Men, ones_from _Youdaia, and all you _all dwelling _in Hierousalaʸm, let_ this _be known to _you _all and give _ear to _the messages of _me.

15 For/Because these are_ not _being _drunk as you _all are _supposing, because/for it _is the_ third _hour, of _the day,

16 but this is the message having _been _spoken by the prophet Yōaʸl/(Yō^ʼēl):

17 And it _will _be in the last days, the god is _saying:
I _will _be _pouring _out of the spirit of _me on all flesh, and the sons of _you _all will _be _prophesying, and the daughters of _you _all, and the young _men of _you _all will _be _seeing visions, and the elders of _you _all in _dreams will _be _being _dreamt,

18 and surely I _will _be _pouring _out of the spirit of _me on the slaves of _me, and on the handmaidens of _me, in the those days, and they _will _be _prophesying.

19 And I _will _be _giving wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapour of _smoke.

20 The sun will _be _being _altered into darkness and the moon into blood, before the_ the great and glorious _day of_the_master to _come.

21 And it _will _be, everyone who wishfully may _call on _the name of_the_master will _be _being _saved.

Life and witness by the Spirit

OET Acts 1:6-8

1:6 Yeshua’s ascension

6 So when they were next gathered together, they asked him, “Master, is this now the time when you’ll be restoring the kingdom to Yisrael (Israel)?”[fn]

7 But Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) responded to them, “You don’t need to know the times or seasons when future events will happen—it’s the father who decides all that. 8 However, you all will be receiving power when the holy spirit lands on you. Then you’ll tell people about me in Yerushalem (Jerusalem) and all across the provinces of Yehudah (Judea) and Shomron (Samaria), and all the way to the furthest parts of the planet.”[ref]

1:6 At the time of asking, Israelis were burdened under the rule and taxes of the Roman occupiers.

1:8: Mat 28:19; Mrk 16:15; Luk 24:47-48.

6 Therefore indeed the ones having _come _together, were _asking him saying:
master, if at the this time, are _you _restoring the kingdom the to _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl)?

7 And he _said to them:
It _is not of _you _all to _know times or seasons, which the father set by his own authority.

8 But you _all _will _be _receiving power, having_ The holy spirit _come _over on you _all, and you _all _will _be witnesses for _me, in both Hierousalaʸm, and in all the Youdaia, and Samareia/(Shomrōn), and to the_last part of _the earth.

OET Rom 8:1-17

8:1 Being spiritually aware

8 So now those who are in Messiah Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) cannot be condemned,[fn] 2 because the law of the spirit of life in him freed you from the law of sin and death. 3 The law was powerless in that it was faltering through our bodies. God sent his son in a body just like our sinful bodies, and concerning sin, he condemned sin itself in the body, 4 so that for those of us who are no longer governed by physical desires, but by the spirit, the law’s just action will be fulfilled in us. 5 People who are governed by their physical desires think about physical things, but those who are governed by the spirit think about spiritual things. 6 The worldly mindset leads to death, but the spiritual mindset leads to life and peace. 7 The worldly mindset is making God your enemy because it’s not being subjected to God’s law, in fact it’s not even able to, 8 and those who are worldly aren’t able to do what pleases God.

9 And you, brothers and sisters, aren’t worldly, but are in the spirit, if indeed God’s spirit is living in you, but anyone who doesn’t have Messiah’s spirit doesn’t belong to him. 10 But if Messiah is in you, while your body is dead because of sin, your spirit has life because it’s been declared guiltless. 11 Yes, if the spirit of the one who brought Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) back to life is living in you, then the one who brought Messiah Yeshua back to life will also give life to your mortal bodies by means of his spirit living inside you.[ref]

12 So then, brothers and sisters, we don’t owe anything to our sinful natures, nor do we need to live in worldly ways. 13 If your lives, brothers and sisters, are governed by your sinful natures, you’ll die, but if you put bodily practices to death with the help of the spirit, you’ll live, 14 because everyone who’s led by God’s spirit becomes one of God’s children. 15 You didn’t receive a spirit of slavery to fear again, but rather it was the spirit of adoption as children that you received, and with his help we call out, ‘Dad, dad!’[ref] 16 God’s spirit himself agrees together with our spirit that we are God’s children, 17 and if we’re his children, then we’re also heirs, so we’ll receive an inheritance from God. That makes us fellow-heirs along with Messiah—if we’re suffering with him then we’ll also be honoured along with him.

8:1 Note that many older translations included text here that came from manuscripts from later centuries and that isn’t there in the oldest manuscripts, i.e., the additional text appears to have been added by ‘helpful’ copyists but was not original to Shaul/Paul.

8:11: 1Cor 3:16.

8:15-17: Gal 4:5-7.

8 There _is _not _one consequently now condemnation to _the ones in chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous,

2 for/because the law of _the spirit of_ the _life in chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous, freed you from the law of_ the _sin and the death.

3 For/Because the powerless is of _the law, in that it _was _faltering through the flesh, the god the of _himself the_son having _sent, in the_likeness of _flesh sin, and concerning sin, condemned the sin in the flesh,

4 in _order _that the just _act of _the law may _be _fulfilled in us, the ones not according _to the_flesh walking, but according _to the_spirit.

5 For/Because the ones according _to flesh being, the things of _the flesh are _thinking, but the ones according _to spirit, the things of _the spirit.

6 For/Because the mindset of _the flesh is death, but the mindset of _the spirit is life and peace.

7 Because the mindset of _the flesh is enmity toward god, because/for to _the law of_ the _god not it _is _being _subjected, because/for not _even it _is _able.

8 And the ones in flesh being, to_god to _bring _pleasure not are _being _able.

9 And you _all not are in flesh, but in spirit, if _indeed the_spirit of_god is _dwelling in you _all.
But if anyone the_spirit of_chosen _one /messiah not is _having, this one not is of _him.

10 But if chosen _one /messiah is in you _all, the on _one _hand body dead because _of sin, on _the _other _hand the spirit life because _of righteousness.

11 But if the spirit of _the one having _raised the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) from the_dead is _indwelling in you _all, the one having _raised from the_dead chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous will _be _giving _life also to _the mortal bodies of _you _all, through the indwelling of _him of_spirit in you _all.

12 Therefore consequently, brothers, debtors we _are, not to _the flesh, which according _to flesh to _be _living.

13 For/Because if according _to the_flesh you _all _are _living, you _all _are _going to _be _dying _off, but if by_the_spirit the practices of _the body you _all _are _putting _to _death, you _all _will _be _living.

14 For/Because as _many _as by_the_spirit of_god are _being _led, these the_sons of_god are.

15 For/Because not you _all _received a_spirit of _slavery again to fear, but you _all _received the_spirit of _adoption _as _sons, by whom we _are _crying _out:
father, the father.

16 Himself the spirit is _bearing _witness _with with _the spirit of _us that we _are children of_god.

17 And if children, also heirs, heirs on _one _hand of_god, on _the _other _hand fellow-heirs of_chosen _one /messiah, if _indeed we _are _suffering _with him, that also we _may _be _glorified _with him.

OET Gal 5:16-26

5:16 Being led by God’s spirit

16 I’ll tell you: allow yourselves to be led by the spirit, and then your earthly desires won’t triumph, 17 because our earthly desires oppose the spirit, and the spirit opposes our earthly desires—they oppose each other, so that’s why you end up doing things that you didn’t really want to do.[ref] 18 But if you’re being led by the spirit then you’re not trying to earn your way to God by obeying all of Mosheh’s (Moses) rules.

19 The actions that come from our earthly desires include: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostility, strife, jealousies, rages, selfish ambitions, arguing, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, carousing, and other similar things which I’ve mentioned previously. And as I also said previously, the people that do these things won’t be inheriting God’s kingdom.

22 But the end result of having God’s spirit is to show love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, 23 gentleness, and self-control—none of Mosheh’s laws are against any of these! 24 And for the messiah Yeshua’s (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) apprentices, earthly desires need to be executed on a post, along with their passions and lusts. 25 If we’re being led by God’s spirit in our living, then we should also be aligning our values by the spirit. 26 We have to take care not to become conceited, not to provoke each other, and not to envy each other.

5:17: Rom 7:15-23.

16 But I _am _saying, be _walking by_the_spirit, and by _no _means may_ not _accomplish the_desire of_the_flesh.

17 For/Because the flesh is _desiring against the spirit, and the the_spirit against the flesh, because/for these is _opposing to _one _another, in _order _that whatever things if you _all _may_ not _be _wanting, you _all _may _be _doing these things.

18 But if you _all _are _being _led by_the_spirit, you _all _are not under the_law.

19 And manifest is the works of _the flesh, which is sexual _immorality, impurity, wantonness,

20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, rages, selfish _ambitions, dissensions, sects,

21 envies, drunkennesses, carousings, and the similar things to _these, which I _am _previously _saying to _you _all, as I _previously _said, that the ones the such things doing, ˓will˒_ not _be _inheriting the_kingdom of_god.

22 But the fruit of _the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

23 gentleness, self-control, against the such things, there _is no law.

24 And the ones of_ the _chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), executed _on _a _stake the flesh with its passions and the desires.

25 If we _are _living by_the_spirit, we _may_ also _be _aligning by_the_spirit.

26 We _may_ not _be _becoming conceited, provoking one _another, envying to _one _another.

Gifts used to build others up

OET 1 Cor 12:4-27

4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same spirit,[ref] 5 and there are varieties of ministries, but the same master. 6 There are varieties of activities, but the same God works all things in everyone. 7 Now the display of the spirit’s power is given to each person in order to benefit everyone. 8 One person might be given a wise message through the spirit, and someone else given certain knowledge by the same spirit. 9 Another person might be given faith by the same spirit, and someone else given gifts of healings from that one spirit. 10 Another might be given the ability to do miracles, and someone else given prophecy. Another might be given ability to distinguish spirits, and someone else given the ability to speak other languages, and to yet another the ability to translate languages. 11 However it’s the one and the same spirit behind all those things—distributing them individually to each person as the spirit decides.

12:12 One body with many parts

12 Just like a human body is a unit but has many parts which are all components, no matter how many, making up that one body, so too is the messiah.[ref] 13 Yes, in one spirit we were all immersed into one body, whether we were Yehudim (Jews) or Hellains (Greeks), whether slaves or free, and we all were given one spirit to drink. MEANING?

14 Yes, indeed the body is not one part, but many. 15 If your foot said, “Since I’m not a hand, I’m not part of the body,” that wouldn’t make it any less a part of the body, 16 and if your ear said, “Since I’m not an eye, I’m not part of the body,” that wouldn’t make it any less a part of the body. 17 If your whole body was an eye, how could you hear? But then, if your whole body was an ear, how could you smell anything? 18 Actually, God has placed every part in our bodies exactly where he wanted to put them. 19 If it was all just one part, how could it be a body? 20 Yes, there’s many parts, but only one body.

21 Your eye can’t tell your hand, “I don’t need you,” and your head can’t tell your feet, “I don’t need you.” 22 On the contrary, the body parts that seem to be weaker are very vital, 23 and those body parts that seem less honourable, we give them greater honour and hence our unpresentable body parts are treated with more modesty. 24 Our presentable parts don’t have any need for that, but rather God has put the body together and he gave greater honour to the lesser parts 25 so that there won’t be any division in the body, but its members should care equally for each other. 26 So if one body part is hurting, all the parts hurt as well. If one body part is honoured, then all the parts are happy together.

27 Now you all are the body of Christ, and each of you is a part of it.

12:4-11: Rom 12:6-8.

12:12: Rom 12:4-5.

4 And divisions of _gifts there _are, but the same spirit.

5 And divisions of _service there _are, but the same master.

6 And divisions of _actions there _are, but the same god, which working the things all in all.

7 But to _each is _being _given the manifestation of _the spirit for the thing benefitting.

8 To _one for on _one _hand through the spirit is _being _given a_message of _wisdom, on _the _other _hand to _another a_message of _knowledge according _to the same spirit,

9 on _the _other _hand to _another faith by the same spirit, on _the _other _hand to _another gifts of _healings in the one spirit,

10 on _the _other _hand to _another actions of _miracles, to _another prophecy, to _another distinctions of _spirits, to _another kinds of _tongues, on _the _other _hand to _another translation of _tongues.

11 But all these things is _working the one and the same spirit, dividing personally to _each as he _is _wishing.

12 For/Because just _as the body one is, and members many is _having, but all the members of _the body, many being, one is body, thus also is the chosen _one /messiah.

13 For/Because also in one spirit we all into one body were _immersed, whether Youdaiōns, or Hellaʸns, or slaves, or free, and all one spirit were _gave _to _drink.

14 For/Because also the body not is one member, but many.

15 If may _say the foot:
Because not I _am a_hand, not I _am of the body, not by this, not it _is of the body.

16 And if may _say the ear:
Because not I _am an_eye, not I _am of the body, not by this, not it _is of the body.

17 If all the body were an_eye, where is the hearing?
If all were hearing, where is the smelling?

18 But right _now the god appointed the members, one each of _them in the body, as he _wanted.

19 And if was the things all one member, where is the body?

20 But now many on _one _hand one, on _the _other _hand members body.

21 Not and is _able the eye to _say to _the hand:
Need of _you not I _am _having, or in_contrast the head to _the feet:
Need of _you _all not I _am _having.

22 But by _much rather the supposing members of _the body weaker to _be _being, necessary is,

23 and which we _are _supposing less _honourable to _be of _the body, around _these honour more _abundant we _are _putting _around, and the dishonourable of _us, propriety more _abundant is _having,

24 and the the_prominent of _us, no need is _having.
But the god united _together the body, to _the members being _deficient, more _abundant having _given honour,

25 in _order _that not there _may _be division in the body, but the same for one _another may _be _caring _for the members.

26 And whether is _suffering one member, is _suffering _with it all the members, or is _being _glorified a_member, is _rejoicing _with it all the members.

27 And you _all are the_body of_chosen _one /messiah, and members of part.

OET 1 Cor 13:1-13

13 Even if I could speak in human languages as well as the languages of God’s messengers, but didn’t love others, then I’d just be like a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if have the ability of being able to prophesy and could understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I had total faith so I could tell mountains to move,[ref] but I didn’t love others, then I’m of no use to anyone. 3 Even if I gave everything I have to the poor, and even sacrifice my body so that I could boast, but didn’t love others, it wouldn’t be any use to me.

4 Love is patient and kind. It doesn’t envy others, it doesn’t boast, and it isn’t arrogant. 5 It isn’t crude, it doesn’t just care about itself, it doesn’t get angry quickly, and it doesn’t keep records about who wrongs us. 6 Love isn’t happy with disobeying God, but is happy about the truth. 7 It tolerates everything, believes everything, is always hopeful about everything, and always perseveres.

8 Love never fails, unlike prophecies that will come to nothing, languages that will die out, and knowledge that also will come to nothing, 9 because we only have partial knowledge and partial understanding of prophecy. 10 So when perfection comes, partial things will disappear.

11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child, but then when I became an adult, I set childish things aside. 12 In this present age, we see like fuzzy reflections in a mirror, but in the future, we’ll see God face to face. In this age, I have partial knowledge, but then it’ll be complete, just like we’ll be known completely.

13 But for now, these three continue: faith, hope, and love, but love is the greatest one of those.

13:2: Mat 17:20; 21:21; Mrk 11:23.

13 If with _the tongues of_ the _humans I _may _be _speaking and of_ the _messengers, but love not I _may _be _having, I _have _become brass resounding or a_cymbal screaming.

2 And _if I _may _be _having prophecy, and I _may _have _known the mysteries all, and all the knowledge, and _if I _may _be _having all the faith, so _as mountains to _be _removing, but love not I _may _be _having, nothing I _am.

3 And _if I _may _give _away all the things possessing of _me, and I _may _give _over the body of _me, in _order _that I _may _boast, but love not I _may _be _having, nothing I _am _being _benefitted.

4 The love is _being _patient, is _being _kind, the love not is _being _jealous, the love not is _bragging, not is _being _arrogant,

5 not is _dishonouring, not is _seeking the things of _itself, not is _being _provoked, not is _counting the evil,

6 not is _rejoicing at the unrighteousness, but is _rejoicing _with with _the truth,

7 all things is _enduring, all things is _believing, all things is _hoping, all things is _enduring.

8 The love never is _falling.
But whether prophesies, they _will _be _being _nullified, or tongues, they _will _be _ceasing, or knowledge, it _will _be _being _nullified.

9 By for part we _are _knowing, and by part we _are _prophesying,

10 but whenever may _come the perfect, the thing by part will _be _being _nullified.

11 When I _was an_infant, I _was _speaking like an_infant, I _was _thinking like an_infant, I _was _counting like an_infant, when I _have _become a_man, I _have _nullified the things of _the infant.

12 For/Because we _are _seeing now through a_mirror in an_enigma, but then face to face, now I _am _knowing by part, but then I _will _be _knowing _fully, as also I _was _known _fully.

13 But right _now is _remaining faith, hope, love, the three things these, and greater of _these is the love.

OET 1 Pet 4:7-11

7 The end of everything is getting close, so make good decisions and be serious in prayer, 8 and more than anything, display genuine love to each other, because love triumphs over many sins.[ref] 9 Show hospitality to each other without grumbling. 10 Whatever gift each person has received, they should use it to serve the others as good managers of the various forms of grace God’s given us. 11 Anyone who shares wisdom that came from God or uses the strength that God’s given them to serve others needs to be honouring God through Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) the messiah. He’s the one who deserves the honour and power throughout all time.

4:8: Prv 10:12.

7 And the end of _all things has _neared.
Therefore be _sensible and be _sober for the_prayers,

8 before all things, having the earnest love among yourselves, because love is _covering a_multitude of _sins,

9 be hospitable to one _another apart _from grumbling,

10 each one as he _received a_gift, serving it to yourselves, as good managers of_the_various grace of_god.

11 If anyone is _speaking, as oracles of_god, if anyone is _serving, as of strength of _which the god is _supplying, in _order _that in all things the god may _be _being _glorified through Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen _one /messiah, to _whom is the glory and the power to the ages of _the ages.
Truly.

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