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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...
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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...
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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 P...
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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...
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PERFECT. App-125.
DONE AWAY. Same as "fail", 1 Corinthians 13:8....
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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...
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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 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...
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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)....
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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...
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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...
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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 knowledg...
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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...
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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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_(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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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 only...
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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...
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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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§ 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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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.)...
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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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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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The eternal duration of love:...
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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 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...
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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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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....
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but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be
done away....
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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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1 Corinthians 13:10 But G1161 when G3752 perfect G5046 come G2064
(G5632) then G5119 in G1537 part G3313 away G2673 (G5701)
1 Corinthians 13:12; Isaiah 24:23, Isaiah 60:19-20;...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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_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 13:12; 2 Corinthians 5:7; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Isaiah
24:23; Isaiah 60:19; Isaiah 60:20; Revelation 21:22; Revelation 21:23;
Revelation 22:4;...
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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 s...
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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...
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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...