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1 CORINTHIANS 13:13 pi,stij … tau/ta
A few early witnesses (î46 Clement Augustine) transpose so as to read
in a much more commonplace sequence: ta. tri,a tau/ta( pi,stij(
evlpi,j( avga,ph....
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Verse 1 Corinthians 13:13. _AND NOW_ [IN THIS PRESENT LIFE] _ABIDETH
FAITH, HOPE,_ _CHARITY_] These three supply the place of that _direct
vision_ which no human _embodied_ spirit can have; these _ab...
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AND NOW ABIDETH - “Remains” (μένει menei). The word means
properly to remain, continue, abide; and is applied to persons
remaining in a place, in a state or condition, in contradistinction
from remov...
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3. THE NEED AND SUPERIORITY OF LOVE.
CHAPTER 13
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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...
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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...
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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...
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ABIDETH. Greek. _meno._ See p. 1511....
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_And now abideth faith, hope, charity All_these will remain in the
life to come. Faith, the vision of the unseen (Hebrews 11:1), with its
consequent trust in God; hope, which even in fruition remains...
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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...
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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...
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ΝΥΝῚ ΔῈ ΜΈΝΕΙ. _All_ these will remain in the life to
come. Faith, the vision of the unseen (Hebrews 11:1), with its
consequent trust in God; hope, which even in fruition remains as the
desire of its...
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_THE PERMANENCE OF LOVE 1 CORINTHIANS 13:11-13:_ The miraculous
spiritual gifts were not signs of maturity in Christ. Those gifts were
only a means by which that maturity was pursued. The miraculous
s...
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ΝΥΝΊ (G3570) теперь; логическое, а не _temp._
ΜΈΝΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΜΈΝΩ (G331)
оставаться,
ΜΕΊΖΩΝ _сотр. от_ ΜΈΓΑΣ (G3187) большой,
великий. _Сотр._ используется здесь в
_знач._ superl., "вели...
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DISCOURSE: 1988
FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY, COMPARED
1 Corinthians 13:13. _And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these
three; but the greatest of these is charity_.
THE scope of the whole chapter is, t...
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AND NOW ABIDETH FAITH, &C.— _"There are, then, only these three
things which last,_ in opposition to the spiritual gifts before spoken
of, which were to be of short continuance in the church. _Faith,...
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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...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Text_
1 Corinthians 13:13. But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three;
and the greatest of these is love.
_Commentary
Things That Abide_ (13)
_But now abideth._There was n...
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And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest
of these is charity.
AND NOW, [ nuni (G3570)] not the same Greek as "now," 1 Corinthians
13:12. Translate 'But now,' As...
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11 The time came when the apostle admonished and taught in order that
he should present every man _ mature _ in Christ (Col_1:28). Epaphras
struggled in prayers that they should stand mature and compl...
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_(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...
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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...
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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...
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AND NOW ABIDETH... — Better, _Thus there abide_... The “now” is
not here temporal, but logical. It is not “now” (_i.e.,_ this
present life) contrasted with the future, but it is the conclusion of
the...
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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...
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νυνὶ δὲ μένει κ. τ. λ. final conclusion of the matter,
μένει being antithetical to πίπτει κ. τ. λ. of the
foregoing: “But as it is (_nunc autem_), there abides faith, hope,
love these three l” they st...
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§ 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(7) And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the
greatest of these [is] charity.
(7) The conclusion: as if the apostle should say, "Such therefore will
be our condition then: but now we...
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“But now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest
of these is charity.”
As Paul so often does (1Th 1:3; 2 Thessalonians 1:3-4; Col 1:4-5), he
here sums up the Christian life in the...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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REFLECTIONS
Who can read this sweet Chapter, in the relation of Charity, and in
the many lovely qualities, with which the Apostle hath so beautifully
set it forth, without having the mind at once dire...
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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...
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_THE SUPREMACY OF LOVE_
‘And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest
of these is charity.’
1 Corinthians 13:13
The message to which we listen in this chapter is this: that,...
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13._But now remaineth faith, hope, love. _This is a conclusion from
what goes before — that love is more excellent than other gifts; but
in place of the enumeration of gifts that he had previously mad...
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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...
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AND NOW ABIDETH FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY, THESE THREE,.... Which are the
principal graces of the Spirit of God: faith is to be understood, not
of a faith of miracles, for that does not abide; nor of an hi...
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And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of
these _is_ charity.
Ver. 13. _The greatest of these_] Because longest lasting. Gifts that
suppose imperfection in us, as faith a...
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1 Cor. 13:13. "And now abideth faith, hope, charity; these three, but
the greatest of these is charity." The apostle in this place is not
comparing these together as three distinct graces, but gifts o...
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_And now_ In the present world; _abideth_ In the hearts of holy
persons, and influencing their lives, even all their tempers, words,
and works; _faith, hope, love, these three_ The principal and radic...
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ABIDETH; according to some, will outlive all miraculous gifts;
according to others, will abide for ever: faith in the sense of
confidence in God and Christ; and hope, as the joyous looking forward
to...
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The eternal duration of love:...
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AND NOW ABIDETH FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY, THESE THREE; BUT THE GREATEST OF
THESE IS CHARITY.
The first sentence is the topic of the last section of this chapter:
Love never fails, it outwears all gifts, i...
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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;...
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BUT NOW ABIDETH FAITH, HOPE, LOVE, THESE THREE; AND THE GREATEST OF
THESE IS LOVE.
'But now abideth' -'to remain, last.' (Willis p. 469)
'NOW' -Paul isn't saying that the gifts had ceased "now" (1
C...
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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...
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Take us according to our state in this life, we have, and shall have,
the exercise of three graces: _faith, _ to evidence unto us those
things which we do not see, either by the eye of sense or reason...
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But now [in this present state] _abideth faith, hope, love, these
three; and the greatest of these is love_. [If we give the phrase "but
now" its other sense, as though the apostle said "But to sum th...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II
ich we investigate in the Scriptures (which are throughout spiritual),
we are able by the grace of God to explain some of them, while we must
leave others in the hand...
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1 Corinthians 13:13 And G1161 now G3570 abide G3306 (G5719) faith
G4102 hope G1680 love G26 these G5023
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'But now abides faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of
these is love.'
There are in fact three things that, unlike spiritual gifts, are
permanent and enduring, continually abiding now and...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 13:13. AND NOW ABIDETH FAITH, LOVE, HOPE, THESE THREE;
BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE (_Gr._ ‘greater than these') is love. Most
modern interpreters take “abideth” here to mean ‘are of equal...
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ABIDETH
(μενε). Singular, agreeing in number with πιστις (faith),
first in list.THE GREATEST OF THESE
(μειζων τουτων). Predicative adjective and so no article.
The form of μειζων is comparative, b...
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CHARITY
That is, love; and so in (1 Corinthians 13:2); (1 Corinthians 13:3);
(1 Corinthians 13:4); ...
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1 Corinthians 13:13
I. There are three Christian graces as distinguished from all
imperfect and transitory gifts which shall never pass away, but abide
for ever which, in the perfect state, shall cons...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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_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....
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 13:13 FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE. The
relationship of these three Christian qualities is a frequent theme in
Paul’s letters. See Romans 5
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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...
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_Now abide faith, hope, charity._ S. Paul in this chapter clearly
teaches that faith, hope, and charity abide in this present life, but
charity alone in our heavenly country. So the Fathers hold. See...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 13:1; 1 Corinthians 13:8; 1 Corinthians 14:1; 1
Corinthians 16:14;...
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And now [ν υ ν ι δ ε]. Rev., but; better than and, bringing out
the contrast with the transient gifts. Now is logical and not
temporal. Thus, as it is.
Abideth. Not merely in this life. The essential...
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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...
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Faith, hope, love — Are the sum of perfection on earth; love alone
is the sum of perfection in heaven....
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The design of the apostle in these words is,
1. To inform the Corinthians, that the sanctifying graces of faith,
hope, and charity, are far to be preferred before all the fore
-mentioned extraordinary...