1 Corinthians 13:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail;c whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. ”

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Charity never faileth - Paul here proceeds to illustrate the value of love, from its “permanency” as compared with other valued endowments. It is valuable, and is to be sought because it will alw...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(3) Charity never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall fail; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there be] (g) knowledge, it shall vanish away. (3) Again he comm...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 ar...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

never . Greek. oudepote. faileth . All the texts read "falleth". whether . Greek. eite . fail . be brought to nought. Greek. katargeo. See Romans 3:3 . vanish away . Same as "fail".
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. Love never faileth Here we have another excellence of love — that it endures for ever. There is good reason why we should eagerly desire an excellence that will never come to an end...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. -16 Charity never faileth...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Charity never faileth— This is the sixteenth and last character of love: It never faileth. It accompanies and adorns the faithful to all eternity, and makes a very essential part of their prepara...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Never falleth - never 'f...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(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 the...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Charity never faileth. — From the positive and negative qualities of love described and enumerated in the preceding passage, the Apostle now turns to contrast the imperishable character of love and...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 w...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the One Essential for All 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 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 gli...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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,...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 prop...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Charity never faileth ,.... It may fail as to the exercise of it, as other graces do; it may be left, but not lost; the fervour of it may be remitted and abated; it may wax cold through the prevalen...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 8. Prophecies, th...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 advant...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 spe...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Charity Commended. A. D. 57. 8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, the...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The apostle, from another argument, commendeth the grace of love, viz. its never failing; it shall go with us into another world, and have its use and exercise there, where there will be no prophesyi...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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” i...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

charity That is, love; and so in ( 1 Corinthians 13:2 ); ( 1 Corinthians 13:3 ); ( 1 Corinthians 13:4 ); ( 1 Corinthians 13:8 ); ( 1 Corinthians 13:13 ).
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 m...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 a...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 charac...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 13:1-46 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 rec...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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.
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 12:10 ; 1 Corinthians 12:28-30 ; 1 Corinthians 13:1 ; 1 Corinthians 13:10 ; 1 Corinthians 13:13 ; 1 Corinthians 14:39 ; Acts 19:6 ; Acts 2:4 ; Galatians 5:6 ; Hebrews 8:13 ;...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The More Excellent Way 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 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, ho...
1 Corinthians 13:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Love never faileth — It accompanies to, and adorns us in, eternity; it prepares us for, and constitutes, heaven. But whether there be prophecies, they shall fail — When all things are fulfilled, an...

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 13:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 13:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 13:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 13:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 13:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 13:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 13:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes