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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, the which hath great recompense.
³⁹But we are not of drawing back unto perdition but of faith unto soul-saving. (Heb. 10:35,39)

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1 Peter 1:21• ²¹that through him believe on God that raised him out of [the] dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God, (1 Peter 1:21)

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abideth.

1 Cor. 3:14• ¹⁴If the work of anyone shall abide which he built on [it], he shall receive reward: (1 Cor. 3:14)

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1 Peter 1:21• ²¹that through him believe on God that raised him out of [the] dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God, (1 Peter 1:21)

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1 John 2:14,24• ¹⁴I wrote to you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from [the] beginning.
²⁴As for you, let what ye heard from [the] beginning abide in you: if what ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son and in the Father. (1 John 2:14,24)

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1 John 3:9• ⁹Every one that hath been born of God doeth not sin, because his seed abideth in him; and he cannot sin, because he hath been begotten of God. (1 John 3:9)

faith.

Luke 8:13‑15• ¹³{i}But those upon the rock, those who{/i} when they hear, receive the Word with joy, but having no root they believe only for a while, and in time of temptation fall away.
¹⁴{i}But that that fell where the thorns were, these are they who{/i} having heard, go away, and are choked under the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
¹⁵{i}But{/i} that in the good ground, these are they who 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 besought for thee that thy faith fail not, and thou, when once turned back establish thy brethren. (Luke 22:32)

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Gal. 5:6• ⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision hath any force nor uncircumcision, but faith working by love. (Gal. 5:6)

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Heb. 10:35,39• ³⁵Cast not away therefore your confidence, the which hath great recompense.
³⁹But we are not of drawing back unto perdition but of faith unto soul-saving. (Heb. 10:35,39)

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Heb. 11:1‑7• ¹Now faith is substance of [things] hoped for, demonstration of things not seen.
²For in [virtue of] this the elders were witnessed of.
³By faith we apprehend that the worlds were framed by God's word, so that the [things] beheld have not derived their being out of [things] apparent.
⁴By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain by which it was witnessed that he was righteous, God witnessing in respect of his gifts; and through it he, having died, yet speaketh.
⁵By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death, and was not found because God translated him; for before the translation, it hath been witnessed that he had pleased God.
⁶But apart from faith [it is] impossible to please [him], for he that approacheth to God must believe that he is, and becometh a rewarder of those that seek him out.
⁷By faith Noah, oracularly warned of things not yet beheld, moved with fear, constructed an ark for saving his house, by which he condemned the world and became heir of righteousness that is according to faith. (Heb. 11:1‑7)

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1 John 5:1‑5• ¹Every one that believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God, and every one that loveth him that begot loveth also him that is begotten of him.
²Herein 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 all that is begotten of God overcometh the world, and this is the victory that overcame the world, 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• (Psa. 42:11)

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Psa. 43:5• (Psa. 43:5)

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Psa. 146:5• (Psa. 146:5)

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Lam. 3:21‑26• (Lam. 3:21‑26)

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Rom. 5:4‑5• ⁴and endurance proof, and proof hope:
⁵and hope maketh not ashamed, because the love of God is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit that was given to us. (Rom. 5:4‑5)

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Rom. 8:24‑25• ²⁴For by hope were we saved; but hope seen is no hope; for what one seeth, why also doth he hope for [it]?
²⁵But if we hope for what we do not see, in patience we await. (Rom. 8:24‑25)

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

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Col. 1:5,27• ⁵on account of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
²⁷to whom God wished to 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 we being of day, let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and hope of salvation as helmet. (1 Thess. 5:8)

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Heb. 6:11,19• ¹¹But we desire earnestly that each of you should show the same diligence unto the full assurance of hope until the end,
¹⁹which we have as the soul's anchor both secure and firm and entering into the inner [side] of the veil, (Heb. 6:11,19)

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1 Peter 1:21• ²¹that through him believe on God that raised him out of [the] dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God, (1 Peter 1:21)

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

charity.

1 Cor. 13:1‑8• ¹If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, yet have not love, I am become sounding brass and a clanging cymbal.
²And if I have prophecy, and know all the mysteries and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith so as to remove mountains, yet have not love, I am nothing.
³And if I should dole out in food all my substance, and if I should deliver my body that I might be burned, and have not love, I am nothing profited.
⁴Love is long-suffering, is kind; love is not emulous, is not vain-glorious, is not puffed up,
⁵doth not behave unseemly, seeketh not its own things, is not easily provoked, reckoneth not the evil,
⁶rejoiceth not over iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth,
⁷beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
⁸Love never faileth, but whether prophecies, they shall be done away; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall be done away. (1 Cor. 13:1‑8)

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1 Cor. 8:1,3• ¹But concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge; knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth.
³but if anyone loveth God, he is known by him. (1 Cor. 8:1,3)

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2 Cor. 5:10,15• ¹⁰For we must all be manifested before the judgment-seat of Christ, that each may receive the things [done] in the body according to what he did, whether good or evil.
¹⁵and he died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for them died and rose. (2 Cor. 5:10,15)

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Gal. 5:6• ⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision hath any force nor uncircumcision, but faith working 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 no occasion of stumbling in him. (1 John 2:10)

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1 John 4:7‑18• ⁷Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God; and every one that loveth hath been begotten of God, and knoweth God.
⁸He that loveth not knew not God, because God is love.
⁹Herein was manifested the love of God in us, that God hath 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 [as] propitiation for our sins.
¹¹Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
¹²No one hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love hath been perfected in us.
¹³Herein we know that we abide in him, and he in us, because he hath given to us of his Spirit.
¹⁴And we have beheld, and testify that the Father hath sent his Son as Saviour of the world.
¹⁵Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.
¹⁶And we have known and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love, and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God in him.
¹⁷Herein hath love been perfected with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because even as he is, we also are in this world.
¹⁸There is no fear in love, but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth hath not been perfected in love. (1 John 4:7‑18)

the greatest.

1 Cor. 13:8• ⁸Love never faileth, but whether prophecies, they shall be done away; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall be done away. (1 Cor. 13:8)

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1 Cor. 14:1• ¹Pursue love, but earnestly desire the spiritual things, yet rather that ye may prophesy. (1 Cor. 14:1)

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1 Cor. 16:14• ¹⁴Let all your doings be in love. (1 Cor. 16:14)

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Mark 12:29‑31• ²⁹And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, 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 thine understanding, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment.
³¹And a second like it [is] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. (Mark 12:29‑31)

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Luke 10:27• ²⁷But 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 thine understanding; and thy neighbour as thyself. (Luke 10:27)

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Gal. 5:13‑22• ¹³For ye have been called for freedom, brethren: only [use] not your freedom for an opportunity to the flesh; but by love serve one another.
¹⁴For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
¹⁵But if ye bite and devour one another, see that ye are not consumed by one another.
¹⁶But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall in no wise fulfil flesh's lust.
¹⁷For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these things are opposed one to another, that ye should not do those things which ye would;
¹⁸but if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are under no law.
¹⁹Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,
²⁰idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strifes, jealousies, bursts of passion, contentions, divisions, parties,
²¹envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these, as to which I forewarn you, even as also I forewarned, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.
²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control: (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 full knowledge and all intelligence, (Phil. 1:9)

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Col. 3:14• ¹⁴and in addition to all these, love, which is [the] bond of perfectness. (Col. 3:14)

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1 Tim. 1:5• ⁵Now the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned; (1 Tim. 1:5)

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2 Tim. 1:7• ⁷For God gave us not a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and love, and sobriety of mind. (2 Tim. 1:7)

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1 John 4:7‑9• ⁷Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God; and every one that loveth hath been begotten of God, and knoweth God.
⁸He that loveth not knew not God, because God is love.
⁹Herein was manifested the love of God in us, that God hath 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 exceedingly that I have found of thy children walking in truth even as we received commandment from the Father.
⁵And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing to thee a new commandment but that which we had from [the] beginning that we should love one another.
⁶And this is love that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment even as ye heard from [the] beginning that 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.

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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."