1 Corinthians 13:8

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; Jeremiah 49:7; Luke 22:32

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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...
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) k...
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: (...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

never . Greek. oudepote. faileth . All the texts read "falleth". whether . Greek. eite . fail . be brought to nought. Greek. katargeo. Se...
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 d...
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...
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...
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,...
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 od...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Love is eternal. Other gifts, knowledge, prophecy, tongues serve but a temporary purpose. 'They are only means towards an end. Love remains the com...
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...
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 sur...
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 s...
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 lov...
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 s...
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 remitte...
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...
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 m...
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 i...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Charity Commended. A. D. 57. 8 Charity nev...
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 an...
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 spirit...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

How True Love Is Revealed (13:4-8a). This definition of love covers all angles. Because it portrays the essentials of love looking from our point...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

'Love never fails. But whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge,...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Love Will Indeed Outlive All Spiritual Gifts, and Is Even Greater Than Faith and Hope (13:8b-13). For then we are brought back to how such love co...
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 J...
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 Corinthia...
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 cymba...
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...
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 o...
The Biblical Illustrator

Charity suffereth long, and is kind. Christian love I. Suffers long. The Greek denotes having the power “to hold the mind long,” i.e., it is...
The Biblical Illustrator

Charity never faileth;… prophecies shall fail;… tongues shall cease;… knowledge shall vanish away . Charity never faileth I. As the living princ...
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 speci...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The eternal duration of love:
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...
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, t...

⁸ 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.

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 13:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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