1 Corinthians 13:8

Updated: June 3, 2025

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

World English Bible (WEB)

Charity{G26} never{G3763} faileth{G1601}{(G5719)}: but{G1161} whether{G1535} there be prophecies{G4394}, they shall fail{G2673}{(G5701)}; whether{G1535} there be tongues{G1100}, they shall cease{G3973}{(G5695)}; whether{G1535} there be knowledge{G1108}, it shall vanish away{G2673}{(G5701)}.

KJV with Strongs

(8) But if there's prophecies they will be set aside, if tongues they will stop and if knowledge it will set aside.

The F.O.G

[8] Love never fails—never becomes obsolete, never loses its power. But prophecies? They'll become unnecessary. Speaking in tongues? That gift will cease when it's fulfilled its purpose. Special knowledge? It will fade away like stars before the rising sun.

The F.O.G Paraphrase

The love doth never fail; and whether there be prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless;

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