If I speak in the tongues of humans and of angels but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture

1 Corinthians 13:1 [NRSV (2021 ed.)]
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Alternate translations:

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
[KJV (1611)]

If I have all the eloquence of men or of angels, but speak without love, I am simply a gong booming or a cymbal clashing.
[JB (1966)]

I may be able to speak the languages of human beings and even of angels, but if I have no love, my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell.
[GNT (1976)]

Though I command languages both human and angelic -- if I speak without love, I am no more than a gong booming or a cymbal clashing.
[NJB (1985)]

If I speak in tongues of human beings and of angels but I don’t have love, I’m a clanging gong or a clashing cymbal.
[CEB (2011)]