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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 13:8-13

Here the apostle goes on to commend charity, and show how much it is preferable to the gifts on which the Corinthians were so apt to pride themselves, to the utter neglect, and almost extinction, of charity. This he makes out, I. From its longer continuance and duration: Charity never faileth. It is a permanent and perpetual grace, lasting as eternity; whereas the extraordinary gifts on which the Corinthians valued themselves were of short continuance. They were only to edify the church on... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

13 I may speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but if I have not love, I am become no better than echoing brass or a clanging cymbal. I may have the gift of prophecy, I may understand all sacred secrets and all knowledge, I may have faith enough to remove mountains, but if I have not love I am nothing. I may dole out all that I have, I may surrender my body that I may be burned, but if I have not love it is no good to me. Love is patient; love is kind; love knows no envy; love... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 13:11

When I was a child I spake as a child ,.... That cannot speak plain, aims at words rather than expresses them, delivers them in a lisping or stammering manner: hereby the apostle illustrates the then present gift of speaking with divers tongues, which was an extraordinary gift of the Spirit, was peculiar to some persons, and what many were very fond of; and yet this, in its highest degree and exercise, was but like the lisping of a child, in comparison of what will be known and expressed by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see through a glass ,.... In this present life, they that are enlightened by the Spirit of God, see God, the perfections and glory of his nature, the riches of his grace and goodness, as displayed in Christ; they behold the glory of Christ, as full of grace and truth, and are filled with love to him; the desires of their souls are after him, and they are changed into the same image by his Spirit; they discern the things of the Spirit of God; the veil being removed from them, they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 13:13

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three ,.... Which are the principal graces of the Spirit of God: faith is to be understood, not of a faith of miracles, for that does not abide; nor of an historical one, or mere assent to truth; persons may have this faith, and believe but for a while; but of that faith, which is peculiar to God's elect; is a fruit and effect of electing grace, and for that reason abides; is the gift of God, and one of those which are without repentance; is the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:11

When I was a child - This future state of blessedness is as far beyond the utmost perfection that can be attained in this world, as our adult state of Christianity is above our state of natural infancy, in which we understand only as children understand; speak only a few broken articulate words, and reason only as children reason; having few ideas, little knowledge but what may be called mere instinct, and that much less perfect than the instinct of the brute creation; and having no... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:12

Now we see through a glass, darkly - Δι ' εσοπτρου εν αινιγματι . Of these words some literal explanation is necessary. The word εσοπτρον which we translate a glass, literally signifies a mirror or reflector, from εις , into, and οπτομαι , I look; and among the ancients mirrors were certainly made of fine polished metal. The word here may signify any thing by which the image of a person is reflected, as in our looking, or look in glass. The word is not used for a glass to look... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:13

And now [in this present life] abideth faith, hope, charity - These three supply the place of that direct vision which no human embodied spirit can have; these abide or remain for the present state. Faith, by which we apprehend spiritual blessings, and walk with God. Hope, by which we view and expect eternal blessedness, and pass through things temporal so as not to lose those which are eternal. Charity or love, by which we show forth the virtues of the grace which we receive by faith in... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:11

Verse 11 11.When I was a child He illustrates what he had said, by a similitude. For there are many things that are suitable to children, which are afterwards done away on arriving at maturity. For example, education is necessary for childhood; it does not comport with mature age. (799) So long as we live in this world, we require, in some sense, education. We are far from having attained, as yet, the perfection of wisdom. That perfection, therefore, which will be in a manner a maturity of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:12

Verse 12 12.We now see through a glass Here we have the application of the similitude. “The measure of knowledge, that we now have, is suitable to imperfection and childhood, as it were; for we do not as yet see clearly the mysteries of the heavenly kingdom, and we do not as yet enjoy a distinct view of them.” To express this, he makes use of another similitude — that we now see only as in a glass, and therefore but obscurely. This obscurity he expresses by the term enigma (800) In the first... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 13:8-13

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 13:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 13:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 13:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:12

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