1 Corinthians 13:8

New Century Version

Love never ends. There are gifts of prophecy, but they will be ended. There are gifts of speaking in different languages, but those gifts will stop. There is the gift of knowledge, but it will come to an end.

Cross References

Jeremiah 49:7

This message is to Edom. This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Is there no more wisdom in the town of Teman? Can the wise men of Edom no longer give good advice? Have they lost their wisdom?

Luke 22:32

I have prayed that you will not lose your faith! Help your brothers be stronger when you come back to me.”

Acts 13:1

In the church at Antioch there were these prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon (also called Niger), Lucius (from the city of Cyrene), Manaen (who had grown up with Herod, the ruler), and Saul.

Acts 19:6

Then Paul laid his hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came upon them. They began speaking different languages and prophesying.

Acts 2:4

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak different languages by the power the Holy Spirit was giving them.

1 Corinthians 12:10

The Spirit gives to another person the power to do miracles, to another the ability to prophesy. And he gives to another the ability to know the difference between good and evil spirits. The Spirit gives one person the ability to speak in different kinds of languages and to another the ability to interpret those languages.

1 Corinthians 13:10

But when perfection comes, the things that are not perfect will end.

1 Corinthians 13:13

So these three things continue forever: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 14:39

So my brothers and sisters, you should truly want to prophesy. But do not stop people from using the gift of speaking in different kinds of languages.

1 Corinthians 8:2

If you think you know something, you do not yet know anything as you should.

Galatians 5:6

When we are in Christ Jesus, it is not important if we are circumcised or not. The important thing is faith—the kind of faith that works through love.

Hebrews 8:13

God called this a new agreement, so he has made the first agreement old. And anything that is old and worn out is ready to disappear.