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And now abideth faithx, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

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Heb. 10:35,39• ³⁵Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
³⁹But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. (Heb. 10:35,39)

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1 Peter 1:21• ²¹Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. (1 Peter 1:21)

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abideth.

1 Cor. 3:14• ¹⁴If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. (1 Cor. 3:14)

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1 Peter 1:21• ²¹Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. (1 Peter 1:21)

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1 John 2:14,24• ¹⁴I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
²⁴Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. (1 John 2:14,24)

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1 John 3:9• ⁹Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. (1 John 3:9)

faith.

Luke 8:13‑15• ¹³They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
¹⁴And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
¹⁵But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. (Luke 8:13‑15)

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Luke 22:32• ³²But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. (Luke 22:32)

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Gal. 5:6• ⁶For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. (Gal. 5:6)

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Heb. 10:35,39• ³⁵Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
³⁹But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. (Heb. 10:35,39)

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Heb. 11:1‑7• ¹Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
²For by it the elders obtained a good report.
³Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
⁴By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
⁵By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
⁶But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
⁷By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. (Heb. 11:1‑7)

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1 John 5:1‑5• ¹Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
²By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
³For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
⁴For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
⁵Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? (1 John 5:1‑5)

hope.

Psa. 42:11• ¹¹Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. (Psa. 42:11)

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Psa. 43:5• ⁵Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. (Psa. 43:5)

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Psa. 146:5• ⁵Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God: (Psa. 146:5)

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Lam. 3:21‑26• ²¹This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
²²It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
²³They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
²⁴The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
²⁵The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
²⁶It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. (Lam. 3:21‑26)

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Rom. 5:4‑5• ⁴And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
⁵And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. (Rom. 5:4‑5)

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Rom. 8:24‑25• ²⁴For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
²⁵But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. (Rom. 8:24‑25)

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Rom. 15:13• ¹³Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. (Rom. 15:13)

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Col. 1:5,27• ⁵For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
²⁷To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: (Col. 1:5,27)

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1 Thess. 5:8• ⁸But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. (1 Thess. 5:8)

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Heb. 6:11,19• ¹¹And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
¹⁹Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; (Heb. 6:11,19)

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1 Peter 1:21• ²¹Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. (1 Peter 1:21)

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1 John 3:3• ³And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. (1 John 3:3)

charity.

1 Cor. 13:1‑8• ¹Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
²And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
³And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
⁴Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
⁵Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
⁶Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
⁷Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
⁸Charity 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. (1 Cor. 13:1‑8)

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1 Cor. 8:1,3• ¹Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
³But if any man love God, the same is known of him. (1 Cor. 8:1,3)

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2 Cor. 5:10,15• ¹⁰For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
¹⁵And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. (2 Cor. 5:10,15)

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Gal. 5:6• ⁶For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. (Gal. 5:6)

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1 John 2:10• ¹⁰He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. (1 John 2:10)

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1 John 4:7‑18• ⁷Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
⁸He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
⁹In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
¹⁰Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
¹¹Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
¹²No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
¹³Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
¹⁴And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
¹⁵Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
¹⁶And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
¹⁷Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
¹⁸There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. (1 John 4:7‑18)

the greatest.

1 Cor. 13:8• ⁸Charity 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. (1 Cor. 13:8)

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1 Cor. 14:1• ¹Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. (1 Cor. 14:1)

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1 Cor. 16:14• ¹⁴Let all your things be done with charity. (1 Cor. 16:14)

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Mark 12:29‑31• ²⁹And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
³⁰And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
³¹And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. (Mark 12:29‑31)

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Luke 10:27• ²⁷And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself. (Luke 10:27)

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Gal. 5:13‑22• ¹³For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
¹⁴For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
¹⁵But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
¹⁶This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
¹⁷For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
¹⁸But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
¹⁹Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
²⁰Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
²¹Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, (Gal. 5:13‑22)

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Phil. 1:9• ⁹And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; (Phil. 1:9)

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Col. 3:14• ¹⁴And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. (Col. 3:14)

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1 Tim. 1:5• ⁵Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: (1 Tim. 1:5)

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2 Tim. 1:7• ⁷For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. (2 Tim. 1:7)

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1 John 4:7‑9• ⁷Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
⁸He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
⁹In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. (1 John 4:7‑9)

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2 John 4‑6• ⁴I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
⁵And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
⁶And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. (2 John 4‑6)

• {v.11-13} Clearly the drift of the passage is not to cast uncertainty on our present measure of knowledge, but to set forth its partial character, as compared with the fullness in glory. (“Notes on 1 Corinthians 5:9-13” by W. Kelly)

• In the perfect state faith will be changed to sight, and thus faith will have its end. Hope will end in fruition. Love alone will abide. Faith and hope make very good traveling companions, but we part company with them at the door of heaven. We go in with one thing—love. (“1 Corinthians 13” by H. Smith)

• But scripture cannot be broken; and faith is the evidence or conviction of things not seen, as hope seen is not hope. (Rom. 8; Heb. 11) Faith and hope therefore refer only to the present state, love alone to eternity as well as to the present. (“Notes on 1 Corinthians 5:9-13” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And now abide faith, hope, love; these three things; and the greater of these is love.

W. Kelly Translation

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But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but [the] greater ofa these [is] love.

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It is the greater "of," not "than," these; and hence our "greatest."