1 Corinthians 13:8
Love 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.
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ASV
Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away.
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.
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Commentary
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἡ | hē | <the> | G3588 → |
| ἀγάπη | agapē | Love | G26 → |
| οὐδέποτε | oudepote | never | G3763 → |
| πίπτει.¶ | piptei | falls. | G4098 → |
| Εἴτε | Eite | if | G1535 → |
| δὲ | de | however | G1161 → |
| προφητεῖαι, | prophēteiai | [there are] prophesies, | G4394 → |
| καταργηθήσονται· | katargēthēsontai | they will be abated; | G2673 → |
| εἴτε | eite | if | G1535 → |
| γλῶσσαι, | glōssai | tongues, | G1100 → |
| παύσονται· | pausontai | they will cease; | G3973 → |
| εἴτε | eite | if | G1535 → |
| γνῶσις, | gnōsis | knowledge | G1108 → |
| καταργηθήσεται. | katargēthēsetai | it will be abated. | G2673 → |
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