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1 Corinthians 13:9 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. "
1 Corinthians 13:9
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
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 prophesy in part.
But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
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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."
1 Corinthians 13:2
"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 Corinthians 13:3
"And 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."
1 Corinthians 13:4
"Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;"
1 Corinthians 13:4
"Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth ➔ not itself, is ➔ not puffed up,"
1 Corinthians 13:5
"Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;"
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