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Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.
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Love Lasts Forever
Commentators unanimously agree that Paul's main point is love's permanence. While spiritual gifts like prophecy, tongues, and special knowledge were highly valued in Corinth, they are temporary tools for our current age. Love, however, is an eternal grace that will not only continue but be perfected in heaven. Paul urges us to prioritize what is eternal over what is temporary.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Charity never faileth. Paul here proceeds to illustrate the value of love from its permanence as compared with other valued endowments. It…
Love never faileth (Hη αγαπη ουδεποτε πιπτε). New turn for the perpetuity of love. Πιπτε correct text, not εκπιπτε, as in Lu 16:17…
19th Century
Anglican
Charity never faileth.—From the positive and negative qualities of love described and enumerated in the preceding passage…
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Baptist
Much of what we call knowledge, much of what we call eloquence, will all be put away. As our spiritual growth increases, we shall not need these ch…
Love is permanent, in contrast with prophecies, tongues, and knowledge— all of which will cease to exist because they will cease to be needed. The …
16th Century
Protestant
Love never faileth. Here we have another excellence of love—that it endures forever. There is good reason why we should …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Charity never fails It may fail as to the exercise of it, as other graces do; it may be left, but not lost; the ferv…
Charity is much to be preferred to the gifts on which the Corinthians prided themselves. This preference is due to its longer continuance. It is a …
13th Century
Catholic
After showing that charity excels the other gifts of the Holy Spirit because of its necessity and fruitfulness, the Apostle now shows the excellenc…
