"Charity never faileth: but whether {there be} prophecies, they shall fail; whether {there be} tongues, they shall cease;…" — 1 Corinthians 13:8

1 Corinthians 13:8 · KJV

“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. {fail: Gr. vanish away}”

— 1 Corinthians 13:8

Verse 7

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Verse 9

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

1 Corinthians 13 — Context

Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; {in the truth: or, with the truth}

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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. {fail: Gr. vanish away}

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. {done away: Gr. vanish away}

Cross References

1 Corinthians 13:13

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these {is} charity.

1 Corinthians 13:1-2

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.

Galatians 5:6

For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

Acts 2:4

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

1 Corinthians 13:10

But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. {done away: Gr. vanish away}

Hebrews 8:13

In that he saith, A new {covenant}, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old {is} ready to vanish away.

1 Corinthians 12:10

To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another {divers} kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

Acts 19:6

And when Paul had laid {his} hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.