1 Corinthians 13:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁸ Love never ends; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. As for prophecy (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), it will be fulfilled and pass away; as for tongues, they will be destroyed and cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away [it will lose its value and be superseded by truth].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

⁸ Love never fails. As for prophecies, they will be brought to an end. As for tongues, they will stop. As for knowledge, it will be brought to an end.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Charity is never torn away, even if prophecies pass away, or languages cease, or knowledge is destroyed.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Charity never falleth away: whether prophecies shall be made void, or tongues shall cease, or knowledge shall be destroyed.

1 Corinthians 13:8 Cross References

Jeremiah 49:7

Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?

Luke 22:32

but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail; and when you have turned again, strengthen your brethren.”

Acts 13:1

Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Mana-en a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Acts 19:6

And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

Acts 2:4

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

1 Corinthians 12:10

to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.

1 Corinthians 13:10

but when the perfect comes, the imperfect will pass away.

1 Corinthians 13:13

So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 14:39

So, my brethren, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues;

1 Corinthians 8:2

If any one imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any avail, but faith working through love.

Hebrews 8:13

In speaking of a new covenant he treats the first as obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.