The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 13:9
We know in part. The expression applies directly to religious knowledge, and should be a rebuke to the pretence to infallibility and completeness which is sometimes usurped by religious men. read more
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 13:9-10
Partial knowledge. "We know in part." Partial knowledge is of four kinds. I. There is a partial knowledge that is a NECESSITY . The knowledge of the highest intelligent creature must by the necessity of nature be partial. What he knows is as nothing compared with the knowable, still less with the unknowable. "Who by searching can find out God?" II. There is a partial knowledge that is a CALAMITY . Our necessary ignorance is not a calamity; on the contrary, it is a... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 13:9-10
The partial and the perfect. Christianity is an intellectual religion as distinct from religions of ritual and ceremony. It is propagated and maintained by preaching and by teaching. It encourages inquiry, study, science. And, accordingly, there is some danger lest those who seize upon this characteristic of Christianity should give way to the temptation of spiritual pride. It is well that the infirmity and imperfection of our knowledge should be brought vividly before our minds, as it is... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 13:10
That which is in part shall be done away. It will be lost in perfectness when we have at last attained to "the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ" ( Ephesians 3:14 ). read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:9
For we know in part - Compare the note on 1 Corinthians 12:27. This expression means “only in part;” that is, “imperfectly.” Our knowledge here is imperfect and obscure. It may, therefore, all vanish in the eternal world amidst its superior brightness; and we should not regard that as of such vast value which is imperfect and obscure; compare the note at 1 Corinthians 8:2. This idea of the obscurity and imperfection of our knowledge, as compared with heaven, the apostle illustrates 1... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:10
But when that which is perfect is come - Does come; or shall come. This proposition is couched in a general form. It means that when anything which is perfect is seen or enjoyed, then that which is imperfect is forgotten, laid aside, or vanishes. Thus, in the full and perfect light of day, the imperfect and feeble light of the stars vanishes. The sense here is, that “in heaven” - a state of absolute perfection - that which is “in part,” or which is imperfect, shall be lost in superior... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 13:8-10
1 Corinthians 13:8-10. Love never faileth It accompanies us to, prepares us for, and adorns us in eternity; nay, it is the very felicity of heaven. In these respects it materially differs from, and has an apparent advantage over, many of those gifts which some are so ready to emulate and pursue, to the neglect and injury of this love. For whether there be prophecies, they shall fail When all things foretold are accomplished, and God is all in all. Whether there be tongues, they shall... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Love is greater than the gifts (13:1-13)The Corinthians were impressed with people who exercised the more spectacular gifts. Paul reminds them that no matter what gifts they have - tongues, prophecy, wisdom, knowledge, faith - if they lack love they are not merely unimportant, they are nothing (13:1-2). People may be so generous with their goods and money that in the end they themselves become poor. They may be so faithful to their duty that they sacrifice their lives. But without love they... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 13:9
know . App-132 . in part . Greek. ek ( App-104 .) merous. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 13:8-13
Permanence of love. Why is it that the numerous objects around us are transient? On every side they appeal to us, connect themselves with hope and fear, enter into our business, awaken enterprise and ambition, and even inspire ardent love; yet they are ever passing away. Now, there must be a discipline in all this, and Christianity assures us what it means. It is that we may be trained in the midst of evanescence for that which is permanent. And this presupposes that there is not only an... read more