Table for 1 Corinthians 13:8-12
Table for 1 Corinthians 13:8-12
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Verse(s)
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Current time
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Future time
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8-10
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Know in part and prophesy in part
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The perfect comes (and does away with the partial)
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11
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How a child speaks, thinks and reasons
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How a man puts childish things away
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12a
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Seeing something in a mirror, dimly
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Seeing something face to face (clearly)
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12b
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Knowing in part
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Knowing fully
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The basic contrast is from lacking something to lacking nothing.
In each case Paul is contrasting the partial (spiritual gifts of knowledge and prophecy) with the perfect (the complete revelation to the church).
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