STUDY OF I CORINTHIANS 13:8-12

1. Love Never Faileth
   1. God is love I John 4:8
   2. “love” agape God kind of love, initiative
   3. “never” oudepote not even at any time
   4. “faileth” ekipipto to drop away, cast off like a leaf or flower, extinct or transformed into new and different form

2. Prophecies Fail
   1. “prophecies” propheteia prediction, fore telling and forth telling
   2. “fail” ekipipto to drop away, cast off like a leaf or flower, extinct or transformed into new and different form
   3. Ephesiasn 4:11-16 “Prophets…till we come…to perfect man…”

3. Tongues Cease
   1. “tongues” glossa languages
   2. “cease” paud to stop, come to an end, make themselves cease or cease of themselves

4. Knowledge Vanish Away
   1. “knowledge” gnosis spiritual revelation
   2. “vanish away” katargeo abolish, void, render entirely useless, idle

5. Know in Part & Prophesy in Part
   1. “know” ginosko perceive, understand
   2. “prophecy” propheteud to foretell events
   3. “part” meros section, division, share

6. Perfect is Come
   1. “perfect” teleios complete, full grown
   2. “come” erchomai, come
   3. Hebrews 2:10 “Jesus perfect”
   4. Hebrews 5:9 “Jesus perfect”

7. Part Done Away
   1. “part” meros section, division, share
   2. “done away” katargeo render entirely useless or idle, abolish, void

8. Spake as a Child
   1. “spake” laled talk, utter words
   2. “child” napios immature, simple minded

9. Thought as a Child
   1. “thought” logizomai reason

10. Became a Man
    1. “became” ginomai to cause to be
    2. “man” aner individual male

11. Put Away Childish Things
    1. “put away” katargeo abolish, void, render entirely useless or idle
    2. “childish things” nepios simple minded, immature

12. See Through a Glass Darkly
    1. “see” blepo to look at, behold
    2. “mirror” esoptron mirror, polished metal
    3. “darkly” ainigma obscureness, in a riddle, obscure form, limited knowledge now

13. Then Face to Face
    1. “face” prosopon front view, mouth to mouth
    2. I John 3:2 “See Him as He is.”
    3. Revelation 22:4 “They shall see His face.”

14. Now I Know in Part
    1. “now” arti just now, this day, present
    2. “know” ginosko perceive, understand fully
    3. “part” meros section, division, share

15. Then Shall I Know Even as I am Known
    1. “then” tote the time that, of the future
    2. “know/known” epiginosko recognize, fully acquainted with, to know upon some mark, perceive plainly
    3. I John 1:1 “We have looked upon and our hands have handled of the Word of life.”