1 Corinthians 13:3

Giving away all one's goods or even one's body without love profits nothing. Sacrifice itself is empty if love does not move it.

Cross-references · 22

• Jas 2:14–17What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
• John 15:13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
• Matt 23:5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
• Matt 6:1–4“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
• Matt 7:22–23Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’
• Luke 18:28“Look,” said Peter, “we have left all we had to follow You.”
• Gal 5:26Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.
• 1 Tim 4:8For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
• Heb 13:9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
• John 12:43For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
• Phil 1:20–21I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
• Luke 18:22On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
• John 6:63The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
• Jer 7:8But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.
• John 13:37“Lord,” said Peter, “why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You.”
• Dan 3:16–28Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
• Luke 19:8But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”
• Acts 21:13Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
• Isa 57:12I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.
• Phil 1:15–18It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.
• Phil 2:3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
• Luke 21:3–4“Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.

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