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1 Corinthians 13:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.


1 Corinthians 13:8Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Corinthians 13:814 words
GreekMeaning
thearticleG3588
ἀγάπηagapē
LovenounG26
οὐδέποτεoudepote
neveradverbG3763
πίπτειpiptei
fail, fall (down), light onverbG4098
εἴτεeite
ifwordG1535
δὲde
howeverwordG1161
προφητεῖαιprophēteiai
there are prophesiesnounG4394
καταργηθήσονταιkatargēthēsontai
they will be abatedverbG2673
εἴτεeite
ifwordG1535
γλῶσσαιglōssai
tonguesnounG1100
παύσονταιpausontai
they will ceaseverbG3973
εἴτεeite
ifwordG1535
γνῶσιςgnōsis
knowledgenounG1108
καταργηθήσεταιkatargēthēsetai
it will be abatedverbG2673
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 13:8

“Love never fails.” Do you see when he put the crown on the arch, and what of all things is peculiar to this gift? For what is, “fails not?” it is not severed, is not dissolved by endurance. For it puts up with everything: since happen what will, he that loves never can hate. This then is the greatest of its excellencies. Such a person was Paul. Wherefore also he said, “If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh;” Romans 11:14 and he continued…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 33 on First Corinthians
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Aisha MbekiNote3mo ago
Love Never Fails
Paul concludes: 'Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.' Everything else is temp...
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