Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Corinthians 13:1

"If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal." — 1 Corinthians 13:1 (ASV)

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.

If there is no love to God, and no love to man, the vital element is lacking. Whatever sound we make if the Word of God is not in us, it is a sound that has no meaning, conveys no heavenly meaning.

"I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal." What if any of us who bear witness for Christ with our tongues should be found to be no better than this?