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 (1989)]
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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.
[Jerusalem (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)]


 
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