On that day, Christians will know even as God knows us now. 1. 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. * [13:1–13] This chapter involves a shift of perspective and a new point. Alan Redpath said one could get a spiritual suntan from the warmth of this chapter. 1 Corinthians 12 1 Corinthians 14 Chapter 13. 1 Corinthians 13 Bible / Our Library / Bible Commentaries / Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete) / 1 Corinthians / 1 Corinthians 13; Share Tweet Save. Milk is for babies. Description of the present imperfect state of man, 1 Corinthians 13:11, 1 Corinthians 13:12. And unlike spiritual gifts, which will no longer be needed when Christ comes, love will last forever (1 Corinthians 13:4–8). 1 Corinthians 13 Amplified Bible (AMP) The Excellence of Love. In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul sets out to show the superiority of character to charisma; specifically, he wants us to grasp the superiority of Christian love to our possession of the gifts of the Spirit. Sometime down the road, we need to start being an adult in the Lord. All or part of the material may once have been an independent piece in the style of Hellenistic eulogies of virtues, but it is now integrated, by editing, into the context of 1 Cor 12 – 14 (cf. The supremacy of love. Each thing described in 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 is a good thing. But love is so valuable, so important, that apart from it, every other good thing is useless. 2 Now I commend you a because you remember me in everything and b maintain the traditions c even as I delivered them to you. Of all the graces of God in man, charity, or love, is the greatest, 1 Corinthians 13:13. Christians may fail to love, as the Corinthians have clearly demonstrated, but God's kind of love will always be effective. 13 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not [] love [for others growing out of God’s love for me], then I have become only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal [just an annoying distraction]. A. 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 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 you tear it apart too much, you lose the beauty. 1st Corinthians 13 Wall Decor, Love is Patient Love is Kind, Anniversary Gift for Wife Husband, 1 Corinthians 13, Love Never Fails Hanging Canvas Wall Art Framed 4.8 out of 5 stars 8 $44.95 $ 44 . This is just saying that we cannot always stay a baby in Christ. Its durableness; though tongues, prophecies, and knowledge shall cease, yet this shall never fail, 1 Corinthians 13:8-10. 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