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LoveἩ ἀγάπηneverοὐδέποτεfails;πίπτειbutδὲwhetherεἴτεprophecies,προφητεῖαιthey will be done away with;καταργηθήσονταιwhetherεἴτεtongues,γλῶσσαιthey will cease;παύσονταιwhetherεἴτεknowledge,γνῶσιςit will be done away with.καταργηθήσεται
1 Corinthians 13:8
Study it in the app“Love never fails; but whether prophecies, they will be done away with; whether tongues, they will cease; whether knowledge, it will be done away with.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 13:8, word by word
- Loveἀγάπηagapē
love
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapē” appears- neverοὐδέποτεoudepote
never
Never.
Where else “oudepote” appears- failsπίπτειpiptei
fail
To collapse, fail.
Where else “piptei” appears- whetherεἴτεeite
whether, or
"Whether ... or", "if".
Where else “eite” appears- propheciesπροφητεῖαιprophēteiai
prophecy
Prophecy: a message from God spoken by a prophet; also prophesying.
Where else “prophēteiai” appears- they will be done away withκαταργηθήσονταιkatargēthēsontai
be done away
To come to an end, or stop having power over someone.
Where else “katargēthēsontai” appears- tonguesγλῶσσαιglōssai
tongues
The gift of speaking in tongues the Spirit gives.
Where else “glōssai” appears- they will ceaseπαύσονταιpausontai
stop, cease
Stop, cease, finish; in the active, make stop, keep from.
Where else “pausontai” appears- knowledgeγνῶσιςgnōsis
knowledge
Knowledge.
Where else “gnōsis” appears
The context
7it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 · This verse (above)
9For we know in part and we prophesy in part;