1 Corinthians 13:9
For our knowledge is imperfect, and so is our prophesying;
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
In Context
10but when the perfect state of things is come, all that is imperfect will be brought to an end.
Cross References
Romans 11:34"Who has ever known the mind of the Lord, or shared His counsels?"
1 Corinthians 8:2If any one imagines that he already possesses any true knowledge, he has as yet attained to no knowledge of the kind to which he ought to have attained;
Ephesians 3:8To me who am less than the least of all God's people has this work been graciously entrusted--to proclaim to the Gentiles the Good News of the exhaustless wealth 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 →