“So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:”
Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you await eagerly for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed — the Corinthians possess 'every spiritual gift' (charisma), yet they are still 'awaiting' (apekdechomenai) Christ's revelation. The tension is crucial: abundance of gifts now does not mean maturity or wisdom; eschatological completion is still future. This corrects any triumphalism.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 1:7
“So that you come behind in no gift.” A great question here arises. They who had been “enriched in all utterance,” so as in no respect to “come behind in any gift,” are they carnal? For if they were such at the beginning, much more now. How then does he call them “carnal?” For, says he, 1 Corinthians 3:1 “I was not able to speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal.” What must we say then? That having in the beginning believed, and obtained all gifts, (for indeed…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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