1CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 13 _ OUTLINE AND COMMENTARY-MARK DUNAGAN_ I. OUTLINE OF CHAPTER 13: I. Love Is Indispensable: 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 II. How Love Manifests Itself: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 III. The Permanency of Love: 1 Corinthians 13:8-13 II. INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER 13: 'What Paul is about to... [ Continue Reading ]
IF. SPEAK WITH THE TONGUES OF MEN AND OF ANGELS, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE,. AM BECOME SOUNDING BRASS, OR. CLANGING CYMBAL. Before Paul specifically points out the more excellent way (1 Corinthians 13:4-8), he must first demonstrate its necessity. Paul had just shown in chapter 12 that all the gifts are ne... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF. HAVE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY, AND KNOW ALL MYSTERIES AND ALL KNOWLEDGE; AND IF. HAVE ALL FAITH, SO AS TO REMOVE MOUNTAINS, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE,. AM NOTHING. 'know all mysteries and all knowledge' -'no secret hidden from me, no knowledge too deep for me.' (Knox) 'Prophecy in its widest range.' ... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF. BESTOW ALL MY GOODS TO FEED THE POOR, AND IF. GIVE MY BODY TO BE BURNED, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, IT PROFITETH ME NOTHING. 'bestow all my goods to feed the poor' -'Even if. give away all that. have to feed the hungry.' (Beck) 'ALL' -the highest degree of benevolence. For after you have given al... [ Continue Reading ]
LOVE SUFFERETH LONG, AND IS KIND; LOVE ENVIETH NOT; LOVE VAUNTETH NOT ITSELF, IS NOT PUFFED UP, 'suffereth long' -'is patient' (NASV) Lit., 'long-tempered'. Comments: 1. 'Chrysostom said that it is the word which is used of the man who is wronged and who has it easily in his power to avenge hims... [ Continue Reading ]
DOTH NOT BEHAVE ITSELF UNSEEMLY, SEEKETH NOT ITS OWN, IS NOT PROVOKED, TAKETH NOT ACCOUNT OF EVIL; 'doth not behave itself unseemly' -'does not act unbecomingly' (NASV); 'is never rude' (Mof); 'It isn't indecent' (Beck); 'to behave disgracefully, dishonorably, or indecently..love is mannerly; it d... [ Continue Reading ]
REJOICETH NOT IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT REJOICETH WITH THE TRUTH; 'rejoiceth not in righteousness' -'takes no pleasure in wrongdoing.' (Bas); 'does not gloat over other men's sins' (NEB); 'love is never glad when others go wrong' (Mof) Comments: 1. 'It is not so much delight in doing the wrong thi... [ Continue Reading ]
BEARETH ALL THINGS, BELIEVETH ALL THINGS, HOPETH ALL THINGS, ENDURETH ALL THINGS. 'beareth all things' -'the verb (bear)..originally meant "to cover, to conceal"' (Willis p. 458) Comments: 1. 'There is nothing love cannot face.' (NEB) 'Love has. tenacity in the present, buoyed by its absolute co... [ Continue Reading ]
LOVE NEVER FAILETH: 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. 'never faileth' -'Love, that bears, also out-wears everything.' (Gr. Ex. N.T. p. 900) 'Love will never come to an end.' (NEB)... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WE KNOW IN PART, AND WE PROPHESY IN PART; 'For' -explains the reason why these spiritual gifts will cease. All the spiritual gifts had some relationship to the revelation of the Word of God. Gifts such as prophesy and knowledge revealed truth. Gifts such as tongues, healing, and miracles confi... [ Continue Reading ]
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 COME' -5046. teleios tel'-i-os; from 5056; complete (in various applications of labor, growth, menta... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN. WAS. CHILD,. SPAKE AS. CHILD,. FELT AS. CHILD,. THOUGHT AS. CHILD: NOW THAT. AM BECOME. MAN,. HAVE PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS. 'I spake..I felt..I thought' -the behavior of. child is appropriate to childhood. In like manner, the spiritual gifts were appropriate for the "then" period of time. B... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR NOW WE SEE IN. MIRROR, DARKLY; BUT THEN FACE TO FACE: NOW. KNOW IN PART; BUT THEN SHALL. KNOW FULLY EVEN AS ALSO. WAS FULLY KNOWN. 'For now' -during the time when the gifts are operational. When revelation is being given part by part. (1 Corinthians 13:9) 'SEE IN. MIRROR' -Corinth was famous... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Corinthians 14:1). Rather, having already told them about the temporary nature of the gifts, he proc... [ Continue Reading ]