1 Corinthians 13:9
For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
In Context
10But when the perfect arrives, the imperfect passes away.
Cross References
Job 11:7By chance, will you comprehend the footsteps of God and reach all the way to the perfection of the Almighty?
Psalms 40:5I said, “O Lord, be merciful to me. Heal my soul, because I have sinned against you.”
Proverbs 30:4Who has ascended to heaven and also descended? Who has grasped the wind in his hands? Who has tied the waters together, as with a garment? Who has raised all the limits of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son, if you know?
Romans 11:34For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?
1 Corinthians 8:2But if anyone considers himself to know anything, he does not yet know in the way that he ought to know.
Ephesians 3:8Although I am the least of all the saints, I have been given this grace: to evangelize among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 13:9-13
Charity Commended. ( a. d. 57.) 8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see through a glass,… Read the whole commentary →