[1 Corinthians 13:10 KJV] "But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away."........I think that "that which is perfect is come" could well be Charity.
[1 Corinthians 12:30 KJV] "Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?"
[1 Corinthians 12:31 KJV] "But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way."...........The Corinthian church was inappropriately esteeming tongues above all the gifts. Paul was saying charity was a more excellent way. Charity is brotherly love expressed to fellow saints and seeks what is beneficial for them...........[1 Corinthians 13:8 KJV] "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."..........Tongues will cease but charity never fails.
[1 Corinthians 13:9 KJV] "For we know in part, and we prophesy in part."
[1 Corinthians 13:10 KJV] "But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away."..........That which was spoken by tongues only communicated the Word of God in part and Charity represents the epitome of what God want's to communicate. That which is perfect is charity.
[1 Corinthians 13:11 KJV] "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."..............Paul is illustrating to the Corinthians the childish thinking that esteemed tongues over charity should be put away.
[1 Corinthians 12:30 KJV] "Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?"
[1 Corinthians 12:31 KJV] "But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way."...........The Corinthian church was inappropriately esteeming tongues above all the gifts. Paul was saying charity was a more excellent way. Charity is brotherly love expressed to fellow saints and seeks what is beneficial for them...........[1 Corinthians 13:8 KJV] "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."..........Tongues will cease but charity never fails.
[1 Corinthians 13:9 KJV] "For we know in part, and we prophesy in part."
[1 Corinthians 13:10 KJV] "But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away."..........That which was spoken by tongues only communicated the Word of God in part and Charity represents the epitome of what God want's to communicate. That which is perfect is charity.
[1 Corinthians 13:11 KJV] "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."..............Paul is illustrating to the Corinthians the childish thinking that esteemed tongues over charity should be put away.
