And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Bestow all my goods to feed the poor, х psoomisoo (G5595)] - dole out (crumble away) in food all my goods; one high function of the "helps" (1 Corinthians 12:28).
Give my body to be burned - literally give up my body to such a degree as that I should be burned. As the three youths (Daniel 3:28) "yielded their bodies" (cf. 2 Corinthians 12:15). So C Delta G f g, Vulgate, But A B 'Aleph (') read х kaucheesoomai (G2744)] 'that I may glory' or 'boast.' These acts, when done in love, area most noble. Yet they may be without love: then the "goods" and "body" are given, but not the soul, which is the sphere of love. Without the soul, God rejects all else, and so rejects the man (Matthew 16:26; Luke 9:23-25). Men will fight and die for Christianity, but not live in its spirit which is love.