Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Verse 1 Corinthians 13:8. (16.) _CHARITY NEVER FAILETH_] Ἡαγαπη ουδεποτε εκπιπτει· _This love neverfalleth off_, because it _bears,_ _believes, hopes_, and _endures_ allthings; and while it does...
Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
CHARITY NEVER FAILETH - Paul here proceeds to illustrate the value oflove, from its “permanency” as compared with other valuedendowments. It is valuable, and is to be sought because it will alwaysa...
Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein
3. THE NEED AND SUPERIORITY OF LOVE.CHAPTER 13__1. The Preeminence of Love. (1 Corinthians 13:1 .)2. Love described in its characteristics. (1 Corinthians 13:4 .)3. Love never faileth; its Pe...
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 threedivisions: (_a)_ superlative gifts and costliest surrenders arev...
Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)
THE HYMN OF LOVE (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)13 I may speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but if I havenot love, I am become no better than echoing brass or a clangingcymbal. I may have the gi...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
NEVER. Greek. _oudepote._FAILETH. All the texts read "falleth".WHETHER. Greek. _eite_.FAIL. be brought to nought. Greek. _katargeo._ See Romans 3:3.VANISH AWAY. Same as "fail"....
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
_Charity never faileth_ The Vulgate and some MSS. read _falleth_.Tyndale renders, _falleth never awaye_. In the Septuagint (as in Job15:33, and Isaiah 28:1; Isaiah 28:4) the word is used of a fading...
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
1 Corinthians 12:31 Ch. 1 Corinthians 13:13. The Excellencies of Love_and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way_ Literally, ANDFURTHERMORE I SHEW YOU AN EMINENTLY EXCELLENT WAY, i.e. the way ofl...
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary
1 Corinthians 12:31 to 1 Corinthians 13:13. THE EXCELLENCIES OF LOVEΚΑῚ ἜΤΙ ΚΑΘ' ὙΠΕΡΒΟΛῊΝ ὉΔῸΝ ὙΜΙ͂ΝΔΕΊΚΝΥΜΙ. AND MOREOVER I SHEW YOU A WAY OF SUPERLATIVEEXCELLENCE. This, St Paul would have us un...
Charles Box Commentaries
_THE UNPERISHABLE NATURE OF LOVE 1 CORINTHIANS 13:8-10:_ Love is saidto "never fail," though the miraculous spiritual gifts were to be made"null" or "useless" in time. "Charity never faileth: but wh...
Charles Box Commentaries
_THE DESCRIPTION OF LOVE 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-8:_ These verses provide abrief description of love in action. God approaches love from both anegative and a positive point of view. "Love is kind and pat...
Charles Rose Commentaries
ΟΎΔΈΠΟΤΕ (G3762) никогда,ΠΊΠΤΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΊΠΤΩ (G4098) падать,прекращаться. _Praes._ указывает напостоянное действие, или гномический_praes._ указывающий на вечную истину,ΚΑΤΑΡΓΗΘΉ...
co*ke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
CHARITY NEVER FAILETH— This is the sixteenth and last character oflove: _It never faileth._ It accompanies and adorns the faithful toall eternity, and makes a very essential part of their preparatio...
College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
BUTLER'S COMMENTSSECTION 3Giftedness is Temporary, Love is Eternal (1 Corinthians 13:8-13)8 Love never ends; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as fortongues, they will cease; as for knowle...
College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS_Text_1 Corinthians 13:8-12. Love never faileth: but whether there beprophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, theyshall cease; whether there be knowledge...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shallfail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there beknowledge, it shall vanish away.NEVER FALLETH - never 'fallet...
Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch
13 The body of Jesus, or of the Lord, denotes His physical frame. Thebody of Christ, however, is quite a distinct thought. Christ, or theAnointed, is a title rather than a name. It suggests official...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
LOVE IS ETERNAL. Other gifts, knowledge, prophecy, tongues serve but atemporary purpose. 'They are only means towards an end. Love remainsthe completion and perfection of our human being' (F. W. Rob...
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 themost fragrant odours. Passing from the previous Chapter s with theirt...
EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries
SERVANTS OF CHRIST1 CORINTHIANS_HILDA BRIGHT_CHAPTER 13LOVE 13:1-131. THE ABSENCE OF LOVE 13:1-3V1 Suppose that I speak in the languages of people and *angels. If Ihave no love, I am onl...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
CHARITY NEVER FAILETH. — From the positive and negative qualities oflove described and enumerated in the preceding passage, the Apostlenow turns to contrast the imperishable character of love and ot...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)
CHAPTER 19NO GIFT LIKE LOVETHIS is one of the passages of Scripture which an expositor scruplesto touch. Some of the bloom and delicacy of surface passes from theflower in the very handling whic...
Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)
Love, that bears, also _out-wears everything_ : “Love neverfaileth”. That πίπτει denotes “falling” in the sense ofcessation, dropping out of existence (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 10:8; Luke16:17), not mor...
Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)
§ 43. THE QUALITIES OF CHRISTIAN LOVE. The previous vv. havejustified the καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν of 1 Corinthians 12:31.The loftiest human faculties of man are seen to be frustrate withoutlove; by its aid...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary
THE ONE ESSENTIAL FOR ALL1 Corinthians 13:1With what wonder his amanuensis must have looked up, as the Apostlebroke into this exquisite sonnet on love! His radiant spirit hadcaught a glimpse of t...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible
The apostle dealt with love, its values (verses 1Co 13:1-3), itsvirtues (verses 1Co 13:4-7), and its victory (verses 1Co 13:8-13). Thevalues of love are discovered in the fact that, apart from it, a...
Gary Hampton Commentaries
The Temporary Nature of Spiritual GiftsSpiritual gifts were needed to aid in the growth and development ofthe early church. The need for those gifts came to an end when God'swill was completely rev...
Geneva Study Bible Commentary
(3) Charity never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, theyshall fail; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether[there be] (g) knowledge, it shall vanish away.(3) Again he comme...
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
Prophecies and tongues last not longer than this life. --- Knowledgeshall be destroyed, that is, that imperfect knowledge we have in thisworld. For now we know only in part, we only see, as it were,...
Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 13:8-13 .The absolute duration of charity is developed in these last verses:first, in opposition to gifts, then even in contrast to the other twofundamental virtues, faith and hope....
Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians
II. THE WAY PAR EXCELLENCE. CHAP. 13.This chapter has been called a hymn. In tone indeed it is trulylyrical, especially in the first verses. Charity is poeticallypersonified. In this respect the pa...
Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians
“Charity never faileth. As to prophecies, they shall be done away;as to tongues, they shall cease; as to knowledges, they shall be doneaway. 9. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10. But...
Hawker's Poor man's commentary
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shallfail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there beknowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we proph...
Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistlegive us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostlespeaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
John Calvin's Bible Commentary
8._Love never faileth _Here we have another excellence of _love _—_that _it endures for ever. There is good reason why we should eagerlydesire an excellence that will never come to an end. Hence _lo...
John Darby's Synopsis
Nevertheless there was something more excellent than all gifts. Theywere the manifestations of the power of God and of the mysteries ofHis wisdom; love, that of His nature itself.They might speak w...
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
CHARITY NEVER FAILETH,.... It may fail as to the exercise of it, asother graces do; it may be left, but not lost; the fervour of it maybe remitted and abated; it may wax cold through the prevalence...
John Trapp Complete Commentary
Charity never faileth: but whether _there be_ prophecies, they shallfail; whether _there be_ tongues, they shall cease; whether _there be_knowledge, it shall vanish away.Ver. 8. _Prophecies, they...
Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures
1 Cor. 13:8-12. "Charity never faileth: but whether there beprophecies, they shall fail; - For we know in part, and we prophesy inpart. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
_Love never faileth_ It accompanies us to, prepares us for, and adornsus in eternity; nay, it is the very felicity of heaven. In theserespects it materially differs from, and has an apparent advanta...
Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)
NEVER FAILETH; it will continue to eternity; while the gifts offoretelling future events, or of miraculously speaking with tongues,or by inspiration understanding and communicating divine truth, wil...
Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible
CHARITY NEVER FAILETH; BUT WHETHER THERE BE PROPHECIES, THEY SHALLFAIL; WHETHER THERE BE TONGUES, THEY SHALL CEASE; WHETHER THERE BEKNOWLEDGE, IT SHALL VANISH AWAY....
Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible
The eternal duration of love:...
Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible
Verses 1 Timothy 3 of this chapter show the necessity of love; verses4 to 7 the characteristics of love; and verses 8 to 13 its permanence.And in the first section, verse I deals with what I speak;...
Mark Dunagan Commentaries
LOVE NEVER FAILETH: BUT WHETHER THERE BE PROPHECIES, THEY SHALL BEDONE AWAY; WHETHER THERE BE TONGUES, THEY SHALL CEASE; WHETHER THEREBE KNOWLEDGE, IT SHALL BE DONE AWAY.'never faileth' -'Love, t...
Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible
The apostle, from another argument, commendeth the grace of love, viz.its never failing; it shall go with us into another world, and haveits use and exercise there, where there will be no prophesyin...
McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries
Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall bedone away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether therebe knowledge, it shall be done away....
NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers
Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch ManesFor in that first Epistle to the Corinthians, Paul speaks in thefollowing terms of the perfection that is to come: "Whether there beproph...
Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes
1 Corinthians 13:8 Love G26 never G3763 fails G1601 (G5719) But G1161whether G1535 prophecies G4394 fail G267
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible
LOVE WILL INDEED OUTLIVE ALL SPIRITUAL GIFTS, AND IS EVEN GREATER THANFAITH AND HOPE (13:8B-13).For then we are brought back to how such love compares with thesubject in hand. Prophecies, tongues...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible
LOVE MUST LIE AT THE ROOT OF ALL WE DO ESPECIALLY OUR MINISTRY TO THECHURCH (13:1-13).Paul now deals with what must lie behind the use of spiritual gifts,if they are to be truly spiritual. And in s...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible
'Love never fails. But whether there be prophecies, they shall be doneaway; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there beknowledge, it shall be done away. For we know in part, and we...
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 theessentials of love looking from our point of view, it gives us atotally rounded view of what tr...
Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)
1 Corinthians 13:8. LOVE NEVER FAILETH neither absolutely ceases, norpasses into any other and higher phase. This general proposition isnext broken up into three details, referring to three of the g...
Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament
LOVE NEVER FAILETH(Hη αγαπη ουδεποτε πιπτε). New turn for theperpetuity of love. Πιπτε correct text, not εκπιπτε, as inLuke 16:17. Love survives everything.THEY SHALL BE DONE AWAY(καταργηθησον...
Scofield's Bible Commentary
CHARITYThat is, love; and so in (1 Corinthians 13:2); (1 Corinthians 13:3);(1 Corinthians 13:4); ...
Spurgeon's Bible Commentary
1 Corinthians 13:1. _Though I speak with the tongues of men and ofangels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or atinkling cymbal._If there be no love to God, and no love to man,...
Summarized Bible Commentary
CONTENTS: Love, the supreme gift of the Spirit, and its governingpower over other gifts.CHARACTERS: Paul.CONCLUSION: Love alone can give value to any service rendered inChrist's name, and it is...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
The apostle having spoken of the adornings of the church, which is thebody of Christ, proceeds now to treat of her internal glory; and thatglory is charity, for without this, all other endowments ar...
The Bible Study New Testament
LOVE IS ETERNAL. That is, love does not terminate at somepredetermined point. Paul shows us the _gifts from the Spirit_ willterminate at some time. INSPIRED MESSAGES (prophecies) are temporary.GIFT...
The Biblical Illustrator
_Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have notcharity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal._CHARITYEach of the apostles had a predominant feature of character....
The Biblical Illustrator
_Charity suffereth long, and is kind._CHRISTIAN LOVEI. Suffers long. The Greek denotes having the power “to hold themind long,” _i.e.,_ it is the opposite to rash anger. There arepersons who, whe...
The Biblical Illustrator
CHARITY NEVER FAILETH;… PROPHECIES SHALL FAIL;… TONGUES SHALLCEASE;… KNOWLEDGE SHALL VANISH AWAY.CHARITY NEVER FAILETHI. As the living principle in the heart of believers. In its essenceit is the...
The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 13:8 Interpreters differ overthe time when Paul expects PROPHECIES to PASS AWAY and TONGUES toCEASE (alo
The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide
CHAPTER 13SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTERi. He points out that of all gifts and graces, charity is the first,and that without charity no gift or virtue is of any use.II. He enumerates (ver. 4) the sixt...
The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide
_Charity never faileth._ It suffers no death; it will never cease:other gifts will cease in the heavenly glory. Heretics infer from thisthat, if charity never faileth, he who has it cannot sin, and...
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary
_CRITICAL NOTES_1. THESE NEED BE VERY FEW; the language of the chapter is of thesimplest, the thought inexhaustibly full.2. Note, Paul, not John, writes this chapter on LOVE.3. The “I” is not s...
The Pulpit Commentaries
EXPOSITION1 CORINTHIANS 13:1_The supremely excellent way of Christian love. _This chapter has beenin all ages the object of the special admiration of the Church. Wouldthat it had received in all...
Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith
Let's turn to the thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians.The thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians actually begins with chapter12. Paul was talking in chapter 12 about the various gifts of the HolySpiri...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 13:1; 1Corinthians 13:10;...
Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)
Faileth [ε κ π ι π ε ι]. Falls off [ε κ] like a leaf orflower, as James 1:11; 1 Peter 1:24. In classical Greek it was used ofan actor who was hissed off the stage. But the correct reading ispiptei...
Wells of Living Water Commentary
THE MORE EXCELLENT WAY1 Corinthians 13:1INTRODUCTORY WORDS1. The love of God. The great love of God verse is John 3:16. Anothergreat love verse is Romans 5:8. The whole Bible is, however, one st...
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 beprophecies, they shall fail — When all things are fulfilled, and G...
William Burkitt's Expository Notes
CHARITY NEVER FAILETH. Holy love is an everlasting quality andemployment; it shall not fail at death, as other graces do, but beperfected at death.Repentance should accompany us to the gates of he...
