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Verse 1 Corinthians 13:2. _AND THOUGH I HAVE_ THE GIFT OF _PROPHECY_]
Though I should have received from God the knowledge of future events,
so that I could correctly foretell what is coming to pass i...
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AND THOUGH I HAVE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY - See the note at 1 Corinthians
12:10; note at 1 Corinthians 14:1.
AND UNDERSTAND ALL MYSTERIES - On the meaning of the word
“mystery” see note,...
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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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UNDERSTAND. know. App-132.
MYSTERIES. App-193.
KNOWLEDGE. App-132.
FAITH. App-150.
REMOVE. Greek. _methistemi._ See Acts 13:22.
NOTHING. Greek. _oudeis._...
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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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_all faith_ In the sense of ch. 1 Corinthians 12:9, where see note.
_so that I could remove mountains_ A quotation of words recorded in St
Matthew 17:20; Matthew 21:21. Whether St Matthew's Gospel wer...
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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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_THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVE 1 CORINTHIANS 13:1-3:_ The Corinthian brethren
were having problems dealing with spiritual gifts. Paul said the
solution to the problem would be that they should pursue love, ...
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ΈΧΩ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΕΧΩ (G2192) иметь. _Conj._ с
ΈΆΝ (G1437) в _conj._ 3 типа, которое
предполагает возможность уеловия. По
поводу грамматики _см._ GGBB, 471, 698.
ΕΊΔΏ _perf. conj. act. от_ Ο...
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DISCOURSE: 1985
THE IMPORTANCE OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY
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....
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ALL MYSTERIES, AND ALL KNOWLEDGE— Any predictions relating to our
Saviour or his doctrine, or the times of the Gospel contained in the
Old Testament, in types, or figurative and obscure expressions, n...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 1
Giftedness Without Love (1 Corinthians 13:1-3)
13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love,
I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2And if I hav...
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And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries,
and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove
mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
MYSTERIES...
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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...
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13:2 know (b-7) _ Oida_ . see Note, ch. 8.1....
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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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ALL FAITH] see on 1 Corinthians 12:9. REMOVE MOUNTAINS] Matthew 17:20;
Matthew 21:21. St. Paul may have our Lord's words in mind; but it was
a proverbial expression....
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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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PROPHECY. — The Apostle valued the gift of prophecy — _i.e.,_
preaching — more highly than the gift of tongues, which stood first
in Corinthian estimation. He therefore naturally selects it as coming...
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_Prophecy_ in its widest range, and _faith_ at its utmost stretch in
those lacking love, both amount to “nothing!” (ἐὰν)
εἰδῶ τὰ μυστήρια πάντα κ. τ. λ., “If I know
all the mysteries (of revelation) a...
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to 1 Corinthians 13:3. § 42. THE WAY TO CHRISTIAN EMINENCE. Carefully
and luminously Paul has set forth the manifoldness of the Holy
Spirit's gifts that contribute to common life of the Church. _All_...
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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 Power of Love
Being able to speak the languages of men, or even angels, produced
nothing but a hollow sound without meaning if love was absent,
according to Paul. It should be remembered that ange...
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And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all
mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all (c) faith, so that
I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
(c) B...
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These prove that faith without good works, and especially charity for
God and our neighbour, cannot avail to eternal life; faith and charity
are both essentially necessary. Hence St. Augustine declare...
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1 Corinthians 13:1-3 .
Without love, the most eminent gifts confer no real worth on their
possessor....
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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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“And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all
mysteries, and [though I have] all knowledge; and though I have all
faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not charity, I am
noth...
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(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. (2) And
though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all myst...
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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 MORE EXCELLENT WAY_
‘And though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and
have not charity, I am nothing.’
1 Corinthians 13:2
The spirit of love is the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Is...
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2._And if I should have the gift of prophecy. _He brings down to
nothing the dignity of even this endowment, (777) which, nevertheless,
he had preferred to all others. _To know all mysteries, _might s...
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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 THOUGH I HAVE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY,.... Either of foretelling
future events, as Balaam, who foretold many things concerning the
Messiah and the people of Israel, and yet had no true love for eithe...
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And though I have _the gift of_ prophecy, and understand all
mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I
could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
Ver. 2. _...
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_Though_, &c. The apostle having observed in the last verse of the
preceding chapter, (with which this chapter is closely connected,)
that he would show them _a more excellent way_, that is, a way mor...
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GIFT OF PROPHECY; see note to chap 1 Corinthians 12:28.
UNDERSTAND ALL MYSTERIES, AND ALL KNOWLEDGE; have the power of
unfolding all the deep counsels of God as contained in his word, and
of declarin...
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A PSALM OF LOVE.
The high worth of love:...
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AND THOUGH I HAVE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY, AND UNDERSTAND ALL MYSTERIES
AND ALL KNOWLEDGE, AND THOUGH I HAVE ALL FAITH, SO THAT I COULD REMOVE
MOUNTAINS, AND HAVE NOT CHARITY, I AM NOTHING....
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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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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'...
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1-3 The excellent way had in view in the close of the former chapter,
is not what is meant by charity in our common use of the word,
almsgiving, but love in its fullest meaning; true love to God and...
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AND THOUGH I HAVE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY: it hath been before showed,
that _the gift of prophecy, _ signifieth an extraordinary power or
faculty, by which men in those primitive times were enabled to re...
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And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all
knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but
have not love, I am nothing. [Love is next compared with the gifts...
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Epistle of Ignatius to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch "Though he gives all
his goods to feed the poor, though he remove mountains, though he give
his body to be burned,"[13]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book...
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1 Corinthians 13:2 And G2532 though G1437 have G2192 (G5725) prophecy
G4394 and G2532 understand G1492 (G576
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'And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and
if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I
am nothing.'
And this is not only true of tongues, it is tru...
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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 13:2. AND THOUGH I HAVE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY a gift
above tongues (chap. 14), for uttering the mind of God by immediate
inspiration, but often for the opening of the Scriptures, to which...
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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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1 Corinthians 12:1. _Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would
not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away
unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led._
Although the mem...
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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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INSPIRED PREACHING = prophecy, See note on 1 Corinthians 12:10. ALL
KNOWLEDGE. The secrets of the Old Testament. See note on 1 Corinthians
12:8. FAITH. See note on 1 Corinthians 12:9
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_And though I have the gift of prophecy … and have not charity, I am
nothing._
STRONG LOVE
These are the words of a man of high culture, who could prophesy and
work miracles, and had attained great...
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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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THE BIGGEST LESSON
If I... know all mysteries and all knowledge... but have not love, I
am nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:2.
If I were to ask each of you this morning, “Why do you go to
school?” I wonder...
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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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_Though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have
not charity, I am nothing._ Erasmus thinks that this is a hyperbolic
fiction, as though he should say, "Charity by far excels faith...
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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 12:28; 1 Corinthians 12:8; 1 Corinthians 12:9; 1
Corinthians 13:1;...
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All mysteries [τ α μ υ σ τ η ρ ι α π α ν τ α]. The
mysteries, all of them. See on Romans 11:25. The article indicates the
well - known spiritual problems which exercise men's minds.
All faith [π α σ...
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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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And though I have the gift of prophecy — Of foretelling future
events. And understand all the mysteries — Both of God's word and
providence. And all knowledge — Of things divine and human, that
ever a...
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Farther, Suppose. had the spirit of prophecy, and could speak by
inspiration of things present, and things to come, and could
understand deep and difficult points in God's word and works, what is
this...