1st November 2020
Let us begin by reading the following from 1 Corinthians 139-1313.
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part; 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away. 11 When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. 13 But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:9-13 NASB
Verse 9
Love is still the theme but there is still a lot to unpack here. We don’t know everything and because we don’t know everything, we can only say a certain amount.
Verse 10
Teleios (end, maturation) This partial knowledge we have will one day give way to perfection or maturation, so that we understand everything. The word hope in verse 13 is not an accident. Hope is about the future. Hope will one day be turned into the now and there will be no need for hope anymore. Because we will be there in God’s presence for all eternity.
Verse 11
With this example Paul is showing some type of timeline. Where on the timeline can we be found as Christians?
Verse 12
Again, he speaks about a mirror. We don’t know everything yet but hopefully one day we will. One day we will see Jesus face to face and then we will understand but until then our knowledge is incomplete although the Lord’s knowledge is always complete.
Verse 13
Calvin makes a comment about this verse;
“Because faith and hope are our own: love is diffused among others.” Calvin. (I haven’t found the source of this quote yet but I found it at; https://biblehub.com/commentaries/1_corinthians/13-13.htm It is very true, love indeed is the second greatest commandment and we are expected to show love to all our neighbours. It is true also that faith is personal, and hope is personal, although hope can also be understood in a collective manner. More thinking is needed here.
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