1 Corinthians 13:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 19:6 : 6 And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
  • Heb 8:13 : 13 In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old [is] ready to vanish away.
  • Acts 2:4 : 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
  • 1 Cor 12:28-30 : 28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. 29 [Are] all apostles? [are] all prophets? [are] all teachers? [are] all workers of miracles? 30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
  • 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity.
  • 1 Cor 14:39 : 39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
  • 1 Cor 13:1-2 : 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. 2 And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
  • 1 Cor 13:10 : 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
  • 1 Cor 12:10 : 10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another [divers] kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
  • Jer 49:7 : 7 ¶ Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; [Is] wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
  • Luke 22:32 : 32 ‹But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.›

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    2And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

    3And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

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    12For 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.

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