1 Corinthians 13:9 · KJV
“For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.”
— 1 Corinthians 13:9
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}
But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. {done away: Gr. vanish away}
1 Corinthians 13 — Context
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8Charity 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}
9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. {done away: Gr. vanish away}
11When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. {thought: or, reasoned} {put away: Gr. vanish away}
Cross References
Colossians 2:2-3
That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
Ephesians 3:18-19
May be able to comprehend with all saints what {is} the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
Psalms 139:6
{Such} knowledge {is} too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot {attain} unto it.
1 Corinthians 2:9
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
1 Corinthians 8:2
And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. {darkly: Gr. in a riddle}
Job 11:7-8
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
Proverbs 30:4
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what {is} his name, and what {is} his son's name, if thou canst tell?