1 Corinthians 13:9

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For we know in part and we prophesy in part,

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  • 1 Cor 8:2 : 2 If anyone thinks they know something, they do not yet know as they ought to know.
  • 1 Cor 13:12 : 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
  • Eph 3:18-19 : 18 may have strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
  • Col 2:2-3 : 2 I do this so that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and that they may have all the riches of full assurance of understanding, which leads to the full knowledge of God's mystery—Christ himself. 3 In him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
  • Ps 40:5 : 5 Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust and does not turn to the proud or to those who follow falsehoods.
  • Ps 139:6 : 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
  • Prov 30:4 : 4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his hands? Who has wrapped the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!
  • Matt 11:27 : 27 All things have been committed to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
  • Rom 11:34 : 34 Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?
  • 1 Cor 2:9 : 9 But as it is written: What no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and what has not entered the human heart—God has prepared these things for those who love Him.
  • Job 11:7-8 : 7 Can you search out the depths of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty? 8 They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
  • 1 John 3:2 : 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
  • Job 26:14 : 14 Behold, these are but the edges of his ways, and how faint is the whisper we hear of him! But the thunder of his power—who can understand?
  • 1 Pet 1:10-12 : 10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that would come to you searched and investigated carefully. 11 They inquired into what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when He testified beforehand about the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. 12 It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been announced to you by those who preached the gospel to you through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things even angels long to look into.

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    10but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.

    11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I put the ways of childhood behind me.

    12For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

    13And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

  • 1 Cor 13:7-8
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    7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

    8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

  • 1 Cor 8:1-3
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    1Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

    2If anyone thinks they know something, they do not yet know as they ought to know.

    3But if anyone loves God, they are known by Him.

  • 9We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is that you may be fully restored.

  • 6We have different gifts according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophecy, then prophesy in accordance with your faith;

  • 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, into a mature man, to the measure of the stature that belongs to the fullness of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 14:1-5
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    1Pursue love, and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

    2For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, because no one understands; they speak mysteries by the Spirit.

    3But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouragement, and comfort.

    4The one who speaks in a tongue builds up themselves, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.

    5I wish that all of you spoke in tongues, but I would rather you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless they interpret so that the church may be built up.

  • 31For you can all prophesy one by one, so that everyone may learn and be encouraged.

  • 2If I have the gift of prophecy, understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

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    9In the same way, unless you speak intelligible words through your tongue, how will anyone understand what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.

    10There are so many kinds of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.

  • 8To one, a message of wisdom is given through the Spirit; to another, a message of knowledge by the same Spirit;

  • 13By this, we know that we remain in Him and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.

  • 15Let all of us who are mature think this way. And if in anything you think differently, that too God will reveal to you.

  • 39So then, brothers and sisters, eagerly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.

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    19And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

    20Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.

  • 6Now, we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are passing away.

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    10Now God has revealed these things to us by His Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

    11For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person that is within him? In the same way, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

  • 13We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit—explaining spiritual truths to spiritual people.

  • 17In this, love has been made complete with us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment, because as He is, so also are we in this world.

  • 19By this we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts in His presence.

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    13For we write nothing to you other than what you can read and understand, and I hope that you will fully understand,

    14just as you have partially understood us, that we are your reason for pride, just as you are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.

  • 10to another, miraculous powers; to another, prophecy; to another, distinguishing between spirits; to another, different kinds of tongues; to another, the interpretation of tongues.

  • 9What do you know that we do not know? What insight do you have that is not with us?

  • 3We know that we have come to know Him if we keep His commandments.

  • 9For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,

  • 13We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the sphere of service God has assigned to us, a sphere that also includes you.

  • 7(For we live by faith, not by sight.)

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    12So with yourselves, since you are eager for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in building up the church.

    13Therefore, the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say.

  • 2Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

  • 6We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this, we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

  • 26What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up.

  • 9for we were only born yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.

  • 24But if everyone is prophesying and an unbeliever or uninitiated person enters, they are convicted of sin by all and are examined by all.

  • 40Since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.

  • 16For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.