Focused Passage

1 Corinthians 13:8-13

The More Excellent Way of Love

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8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.

9For we know in part and we prophesy in part,

10but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away.

11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.

12Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.

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Verse 8

Original words

-G3588Article - Nominative Feminine SingularLoveἀγάπηG26Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularneverοὐδέποτεG3763AdverbfailsπίπτειG4098Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularButδὲG1161ConjunctionwhereεἴτεG1535Conjunction[there are] propheciesπροφητεῖαιG4394Noun - Nominative Feminine Pluralthey will ceaseκαταργηθήσονταιG2673Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person PluralwhereεἴτεG1535Conjunction[there are] tonguesγλῶσσαιG1100Noun - Nominative Feminine Pluralthey will be restrainedπαύσονταιG3973Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person PluralwhereεἴτεG1535Conjunction[there is] knowledgeγνῶσιςG1108Noun - Nominative Feminine Singularit will be dismissedκαταργηθήσεταιG2673Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Verse 9

Original words

ForγὰρG1063Conjunctionwe knowγινώσκομενG1097Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person PluralinἐκG1537PrepositionpartμέρουςG3313Noun - Genitive Neuter SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunctionwe prophesyπροφητεύομενG4395Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person PluralinἐκG1537PrepositionpartμέρουςG3313Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Verse 10

Original words

butδὲG1161ConjunctionwhenὅτανG3752ConjunctiontheτὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter SingularperfectτέλειονG5046Adjective - Nominative Neuter SingularcomesἔλθῃG2064Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person SingulartheτὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter SingularvvvἐκG1537PrepositionpartialμέρουςG3313Noun - Genitive Neuter Singularpasses awayκαταργηθήσεταιG2673Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Verse 11

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WhenὍτεG3753AdverbI wasἤμηνG1510Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singulara childνήπιοςG3516Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularI talkedἐλάλουνG2980Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularlikeὡςG5613Adverba childνήπιοςG3516Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularI thoughtἐφρόνουνG5426Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularlikeὡςG5613Adverba childνήπιοςG3516Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularI reasonedἐλογιζόμηνG3049Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person SingularlikeὡςG5613Adverba childνήπιοςG3516Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularWhenὅτεG3753AdverbI becameγέγοναG1096Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singulara manἀνήρG435Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularI set asideκατήργηκαG2673Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularvvvτὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter PluralvvvτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularchildish waysνηπίουG3516Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular
Verse 12

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-γὰρG1063ConjunctionNowἄρτιG737Adverbwe seeβλέπομενG991Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person PluralvvvἐνG1722Prepositionbut a dim reflectionαἰνίγματιG135Noun - Dative Neuter Singularas inδι’G1223Prepositiona mirrorἐσόπτρουG2072Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular-δὲG1161Conjunctionthen [we shall see]τότεG5119AdverbfaceπρόσωπονG4383Noun - Accusative Neuter SingulartoπρὸςG4314PrepositionfaceπρόσωπονG4383Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularNowἄρτιG737AdverbI knowγινώσκωG1097Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularinἐκG1537PrepositionpartμέρουςG3313Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular-δὲG1161ConjunctionthenτότεG5119AdverbI shall know fullyἐπιγνώσομαιG1921Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 1st Person SingularevenκαὶG2532ConjunctionasκαθὼςG2531AdverbI am fully knownἐπεγνώσθηνG1921Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Singular
Verse 13

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AndδὲG1161ConjunctionnowΝυνὶG3570AdverbtheseταῦταG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter PluralthreeτρίαG5140Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural-τὰG3588Article - Nominative Neuter PluralremainμένειG3306Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularfaithπίστιςG4102Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularhopeἐλπίςG1680Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular[and] loveἀγάπηG26Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularbutδὲG1161Conjunction[the] greatestμείζωνG3173Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular - Comparativeof these [is]τούτωνG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Plural-G3588Article - Nominative Feminine SingularloveἀγάπηG26Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular

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