Cross references

1 Corinthians 13:1

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.

1 Corinthians 13:1 BSB

1 Corinthians 13:1 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 15 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Timothy 1:5 (65 votes) and 1 Peter 4:8 (65 votes). 29 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Matthew 7 to Revelation 2.

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Which verses does 1 Corinthians 13:1 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.

  2. 1 Peter 4:865 votes

    Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

  3. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

  4. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.

  5. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love.

  6. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

  7. Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

  8. 2 Peter 2:1813 votes

    With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.

  9. Then the King will answer, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.’

  10. Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching? Even in the case of lifeless instruments, such as the flute or harp, how will anyone recognize the tune they are playing unless the notes are distinct? …

  11. Romans 14:1510 votes
  12. To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit,

Which verses point to 1 Corinthians 13:1?

The 10 strongest of 29.