George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
1 Corinthians 13:10
St. Augustine proves from this text, that the saints in heaven have a more perfect knowledge of what passes here below, than when they sojourned on earth. (De Civit. Dei. lib. xxii. chap. 29.)
St. Augustine proves from this text, that the saints in heaven have a more perfect knowledge of what passes here below, than when they sojourned on earth. (De Civit. Dei. lib. xxii. chap. 29.)
Verse 1 Corinthians 13:10. _BUT WHEN THAT WHICH IS PERFECT_] The state of eternal blessedness; _then that which is in part_-that which is _imperfect_, shall be done away; the _imperfect_ as well as th...
BUT WHEN THAT WHICH IS PERFECT IS COME - Does come; or shall come. This proposition is couched in a general form. It means that when anything which is perfect is seen or enjoyed, then that which is im...
3. THE NEED AND SUPERIORITY OF LOVE. CHAPTER 13 __ 1. The Preeminence of Love. (1 Corinthians 13:1 .) 2. Love described in its characteristics. (1 Corinthians 13:4 .) 3. Love never faileth; its Pe...
1 CORINTHIANS 13. ALL GIFTS AND SACRIFICES ARE WORTHLESS WITHOUT LOVE, WHICH IS SUPREME AND INCOMPARABLE. The chapter falls into three divisions: (_a)_ superlative gifts and costliest surrenders are v...
THE HYMN OF LOVE (1 Corinthians 13:1-13) 13 I may speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but if I have not love, I am become no better than echoing brass or a clanging cymbal. I may have the gi...
PERFECT. App-125. DONE AWAY. Same as "fail", 1 Corinthians 13:8....
_done away_ See note on 1 Corinthians 5:8....
1 Corinthians 12:31 Ch. 1 Corinthians 13:13. The Excellencies of Love _and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way_ Literally, AND FURTHERMORE I SHEW YOU AN EMINENTLY EXCELLENT WAY, i.e. the way of l...
1 Corinthians 12:31 to 1 Corinthians 13:13. THE EXCELLENCIES OF LOVE ΚΑῚ ἜΤΙ ΚΑΘ' ὙΠΕΡΒΟΛῊΝ ὉΔῸΝ ὙΜΙ͂Ν ΔΕΊΚΝΥΜΙ. AND MOREOVER I SHEW YOU A WAY OF SUPERLATIVE EXCELLENCE. This, St Paul would have us un...
_THE UNPERISHABLE NATURE OF LOVE 1 CORINTHIANS 13:8-10:_ Love is said to "never fail," though the miraculous spiritual gifts were to be made "null" or "useless" in time. "Charity never faileth: but wh...
ΈΛΘΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) приходить. _Conj._ с ΌΤΑΝ (G19) в indef, _temp. прид._ ΚΑΤΑΡΓΗΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass. от_ ΚΑΤΑΡΓΈΩ (G2673) делать бездейственным (_см._ 1 Corinthians 13:8)....
DISCOURSE: 1987 THE SAINTS’ VIEWS IN HEAVEN 1 Corinthians 13:9. We know in part, and we prophecy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I...
FOR WE KNOW IN PART, &C.— The wisest of men have here but short, narrow, imperfect conceptions even of the things round about them; and much more of the deep things of God: and even the prophesies whi...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Text_ 1 Corinthians 13:8-12. Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Giftedness is Temporary, Love is Eternal (1 Corinthians 13:8-13) 8 Love never ends; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowle...
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. IN PART - partially and imperfectly. Compare a similar contrast to the "perfect man," Ephesians 4:11. THAT WHICH IS IN PART - fragmentary and isolat...
13 The body of Jesus, or of the Lord, denotes His physical frame. The body of Christ, however, is quite a distinct thought. Christ, or the Anointed, is a title rather than a name. It suggests official...
_(e) Spiritual Gifts (ii) The most excellent Gift of Charity_ In this chapter we enter into the purest atmosphere and breathe the most fragrant odours. Passing from the previous Chapter s with their t...
LOVE IS ETERNAL. Other gifts, knowledge, prophecy, tongues serve but a temporary purpose. 'They are only means towards an end. Love remains the completion and perfection of our human being' (F. W. Rob...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 13 LOVE 13:1-13 1. THE ABSENCE OF LOVE 13:1-3 V1 Suppose that I speak in the languages of people and *angels. If I have no love, I am onl...
THAT WHICH IS PERFECT. — This verse shows, by the emphatic “then,” that the time when the gifts shall cease is the end of this dispensation. The imperfect shall not cease until the perfect is brought...
CHAPTER 19 NO GIFT LIKE LOVE THIS is one of the passages of Scripture which an expositor scruples to touch. Some of the bloom and delicacy of surface passes from the flower in the very handling whic...
§ 43. THE QUALITIES OF CHRISTIAN LOVE. The previous vv. have justified the καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν of 1 Corinthians 12:31. The loftiest human faculties of man are seen to be frustrate without love; by its aid...
1 Corinthians 13:9-10 : reasons why _Prophecy_ and _Knowledge_ must be abolished. Though amongst the μείζονα (1 Corinthians 12:31) and rich in edification (1 Corinthians 14:6), these c
THE ONE ESSENTIAL FOR ALL 1 Corinthians 13:1 With what wonder his amanuensis must have looked up, as the Apostle broke into this exquisite sonnet on love! His radiant spirit had caught a glimpse of t...
The apostle dealt with love, its values (verses 1Co 13:1-3), its virtues (verses 1Co 13:4-7), and its victory (verses 1Co 13:8-13). The values of love are discovered in the fact that, apart from it, a...
The Permanence of Love There is a strong parallel between 1 Corinthians 13:8-10 and Ephesians 4:7-15. Thus, it seems the "perfect" is the "unity of the faith." The parts of verse 9 were used to confir...
But far from being an impoverishment of the Church, this loss of gifts, on the contrary, will coincide with her rising to the possession of perfect fulness; it will be the imperfect melting into the p...
1 Corinthians 13:8-13 . The absolute duration of charity is developed in these last verses: first, in opposition to gifts, then even in contrast to the other two fundamental virtues, faith and hope....
“Charity never faileth. As to prophecies, they shall be done away; as to tongues, they shall cease; as to knowledges, they shall be done away. 9. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10. But...
II. THE WAY PAR EXCELLENCE. CHAP. 13. This chapter has been called a hymn. In tone indeed it is truly lyrical, especially in the first verses. Charity is poetically personified. In this respect the pa...
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. For we know in part, and we proph...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
10._When that which is perfect is come _“When the goal has been reached, then the helps in the race will be done away.” He retains, however, the form of expression that he had already made use of, whe...
Nevertheless there was something more excellent than all gifts. They were the manifestations of the power of God and of the mysteries of His wisdom; love, that of His nature itself. They might speak w...
BUT WHEN THAT WHICH IS PERFECT IS COME,.... When perfect knowledge of God, of Christ, and of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven shall take place; which will not in this life, but in that which is...
But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. Ver. 10. _Then that which is in part_] As the old slough falls off when the new skin comes on. As a man returns...
1 Cor. 13:8-12. "Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; - For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in...
_Love never faileth_ It accompanies us to, prepares us for, and adorns us in eternity; nay, it is the very felicity of heaven. In these respects it materially differs from, and has an apparent advanta...
THAT WHICH IS PERFECT; the perfect knowledge of heaven. THAT WHICH IS IN PART; our present imperfect knowledge, with our present imperfect means of gaining it through prophecies, tongues, etc....
BUT WHEN THAT WHICH IS PERFECT IS COME, THEN THAT WHICH IS IN PART SHALL BE DONE AWAY...
The eternal duration of love:...
Verses 1 Timothy 3 of this chapter show the necessity of love; verses 4 to 7 the characteristics of love; and verses 8 to 13 its permanence. And in the first section, verse I deals with what I speak;...
BUT WHEN THAT WHICH IS PERFECT IS COME, THAT WHICH IS IN PART SHALL BE DONE AWAY. 'when' -this verse then is telling us 'when' the gifts would cease. (1 Corinthians 13:8) 'THAT WHICH IS PERFECT IS C...
8-13 Charity is much to be preferred to the gifts on which the Corinthians prided themselves. From its longer continuance. It is a grace, lasting as eternity. The present state is a state of childhoo...
But when we come to heaven, we shall be in such a state, as nothing shall or can be added to us; then our partial and imperfect knowledge shall be swallowed up in a knowledge perfect and complete....
but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away....
Origen Against Celsus Book VI and in these, "When that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part will be done away."[112] Methodius Discourse IX. Tusiane since that which is perfect has...
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'Love never fails. But whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away. For we know in part, and we...
LOVE MUST LIE AT THE ROOT OF ALL WE DO ESPECIALLY OUR MINISTRY TO THE CHURCH (13:1-13). Paul now deals with what must lie behind the use of spiritual gifts, if they are to be truly spiritual. And in s...
LOVE WILL INDEED OUTLIVE ALL SPIRITUAL GIFTS, AND IS EVEN GREATER THAN FAITH AND HOPE (13:8B-13). For then we are brought back to how such love compares with the subject in hand. Prophecies, tongues...
1 Corinthians 13:10. BUT WHEN THAT WHICH IS PERFECT IS COME, THAT WHICH IS IN PART SHALL BE DONE AWAY the partial of necessity giving place to the perfect, the temporary to the enduring. In the next t...
THAT WHICH IS PERFECT (το τελειον). The perfect, the full-grown (τελος, end), the mature. See on 1 Corinthians 2:6. Hοταν ελθη is second aorist subjunctive with οταν, temporal clause for indefinite...
1 Corinthians 13:1. _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 be no love to God, and no love to man,...
CONTENTS: Love, the supreme gift of the Spirit, and its governing power over other gifts. CHARACTERS: Paul. CONCLUSION: Love alone can give value to any service rendered in Christ's name, and it is...
The apostle having spoken of the adornings of the church, which is the body of Christ, proceeds now to treat of her internal glory; and that glory is charity, for without this, all other endowments ar...
CHARITY NEVER FAILETH;… PROPHECIES SHALL FAIL;… TONGUES SHALL CEASE;… KNOWLEDGE SHALL VANISH AWAY. CHARITY NEVER FAILETH I. As the living principle in the heart of believers. In its essence it is the...
_We know in part, and we prophesy in part._ WE KNOW IN PART I. The imperfection of our knowledge. 1. We know but little. 2. That little is mixed with much error. 3. Includes much that is useless....
_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._ CHARITY Each of the apostles had a predominant feature of character....
_But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away._ THE PERFECT STATE I. What hope have we of it? 1. Founded on human instinct. 2. Confirmed by revelation. 3....
CHAPTER 13 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He points out that of all gifts and graces, charity is the first, and that without charity no gift or virtue is of any use. II. He enumerates (ver. 4) the sixt...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1. THESE NEED BE VERY FEW; the language of the chapter is of the simplest, the thought inexhaustibly full. 2. Note, Paul, not John, writes this chapter on LOVE. 3. The “I” is not s...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 13:1 _The supremely excellent way of Christian love. _This chapter has been in all ages the object of the special admiration of the Church. Would that it had received in all...
Let's turn to the thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians. The thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians actually begins with chapter 12. Paul was talking in chapter 12 about the various gifts of the Holy Spiri...
1 Corinthians 13:12; 2 Corinthians 5:7; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Isaiah 24:23;...
THE MORE EXCELLENT WAY 1 Corinthians 13:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The love of God. The great love of God verse is John 3:16. Another great love verse is Romans 5:8. The whole Bible is, however, one st...
But when that which is perfect is come — At death and in the last day. That which is in part shall vanish away — Both that poor, low, imperfect, glimmering light, which is all the knowledge we now can...
As the imperfect twilight is done away by the opening of the perfect day; so at death, when that which is perfect takes place, then that which was imperfect shall be done away. Blessed be God for the...