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Is Paul's singling out of 3 specific spiritual gifts (prophecies, tongues, knowledge) in 1 Cor 13:8 intentional or rhetorical?
1 Cor 13:8-12 (ESV):
8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 ...
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Can Ephesians 2:20 be used as to prove the cessation of the offices of apostle and prophet? [closed]
Ephesians 2:19-22 (ESV):
19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles ...
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Does the use of past tense in Hebrews 2:4 indicate that signs, wonders, miracles and the gifts of the Holy Spirit had ceased?
Hebrews 2:1-4 (ESV):
Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. 2 For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every ...
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Can 1 Cor 13:8-10 be used as to prove that radical Continuationism is necessarily true?
This question is prompted by an answer in C.SE claiming that the very wording of the bolded text below within 1 Cor 13:8-12 implies that prophecies, tongues and knowledge are available in the time of ...
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When shall we see "face to face"? 1 Corinthians 13:12
1 Corinthians 13:8-13 (ESV):
8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in ...
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Is the promise of "works" in John 14:12 only for the apostles or for Christians in all ages?
John 14:8-14 (NIV) says:
⁸Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” ⁹Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? ...
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Why did the Apostle Paul leave Trophimus sick, while Epaphroditus was also sick to the point of death in Philippians 2:27?
If the Apostle Paul still had the power to heal why would he leave Trophimus sick, while Epaphroditus was also sick to the point of death in Philippians 2:27 and encouraged Timothy to use a little ...
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1 Corinthians 13:10 - Should "The Perfect" Be Interpreted in an Eschatological Sense?
1. Question - Regarding Greek Grammar, the Subjunctive "ὅταν":
In 1 Corinthians 13:10 - Should "The Coming of the Perfect" be interpreted in an "Eschatological Sense" - in view of the World? Perhaps ...
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1 Corinthians 13:10 - What Will Cease when "The Perfect" Comes?
1. Question - Greek Grammar and Syntax
Setting aside doctrinal arguments - are there any grammatical indications that may clarify what will "will cease", (or be "nullified") - when "the perfect comes"...
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1 Corinthians 13:9 - How Should "Out Of" Be Translated?
1. Question - Reference Request, and Textual Basis:
In 1 Corinthians 13:10 -
Why is " ἐκ | out of " left out of the translation?
Are there any period texts that also have similar constructions?
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1 Corinthians 13:8 - What is the Significance of the Intransitive verb "παύσονται"?
In 1 Corinthians 13:8, The Greek word, "παύσονται | intransitive future middle" appears as the indicative of the Greek verb παύω (pauō, "to cease").
Does the form, tense, and mood of this particular ...
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1 Corinthians 13:9-10 - What Does "ἐκ μέρους" Mean?
In 1 Corinthians 13:9-10 - What does "ἐκ μέρους" mean here? Is Paul talking about "knowing only partially" (i.e. incomplete knowledge), or "knowing as only part of the body" (i.e. of Christ), as in ...
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1 Corinthians 13:10 - What does "The Perfect" Refer to?
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In 1 Cor 13:10, what does "The Perfect, (τὸ τέλειον)" refer to, and how would it have understood at the time it was written - not 500 years later?
1 Cor. 13:10, NASB - 10 but when "...
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1 Corinthians 13:10 - What does Paul mean by "Completeness"?
What are the meanings given the original Greek word?
NIV, 1 Corinthians 13:8-10 - Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; ...
