1 Corinthians 13:13

Faith, hope, love — Are the sum of perfection on earth; love alone is the sum of perfection in heaven.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And now abideth - “Remains” ( μένει menei). The word means properly to remain, continue, abide; and is applied to persons remaining in a plac...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(7) And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity. (7) The conclusion: as if the apostle should say, "Su...
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

abideth . Greek. meno. See p. 1511.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. But now remaineth faith, hope, love. This is a conclusion from what goes before — that love is more excellent than other gifts; but in p...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1988 FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY, COMPARED 1 Corinthians 13:13 . And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. And now [in this present life] abideth faith, hope, charit...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And now abideth faith, &c.— "There are, then, only these three things which last, in opposition to the spiritual gifts before spoken of, whic...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. And now, х nuni ( G3570 )] not the same Greek as...
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

And now abideth... — Better, Thus there abide ... The “now” is not here temporal, but logical. It is not “now” ( i.e., this present life) contras...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS Who can read this sweet Chapter, in the relation of Charity, and in the many lovely qualities, with which the Apostle hath so beautifull...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE SUPREMACY OF LOVE ‘And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.’ 1 Corinthians 13:13 The mes...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three ,.... Which are the principal graces of the Spirit of God: faith is to be understood, not of a fai...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. Ver. 13. The greatest of these ] Because longest lasti...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And now In the present world; abideth In the hearts of holy persons, and influencing their lives, even all their tempers, words, and works; fait...
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

Take us according to our state in this life, we have, and shall have, the exercise of three graces: faith, to evidence unto us those things which...
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

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

'But now abides faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.' There are in fact three things that, unlike spiritual gifts, are...
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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 13:13 I. There are three Christian graces as distinguished from all imperfect and transitory gifts which shall never pass away, but...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The eternal duration of love:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. The first sentence is the topic of the last section of th...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 13:1-8 ; 1 Corinthians 13:8 ; 1 Corinthians 14:1 ; 1 Corinthians 16:14 ; 1 Corinthians 3:14 ; 1 Corinthians 8:1 ; 1 Corinthians...
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...

¹³ And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 13:13

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

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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