I Corinthians
Chapter
13
{'Anything'
without the filling of the Spirit is 'human good' and is Nothing -
Verses 1-3}
1~~
If I speak in the languages of men and of angels
-
and I {Paul} do -
and
I do not have the filling of the Holy Spirit . . .
which
produces agape love {highest form of love - divine love},
I
have become a noisy gong
{a lot of worthless noise with no purpose}.
{The
'Nothings':
I
AM Nothing}
2~~And
if I have the gift of prophecy
- maybe I do, maybe I don't -
and understand all mysteries
{understanding the doctrine of the Bible before it was written},
and
though I have all knowledge {gift of knowledge};
and
if I have all faith {gift of Faith}
so that I could remove mountains,
and
yet have not the filling of the Holy Spirit
which produces agape love,
I
am nothing.
{Note: Paul gives an example from each of the three categories of temporary spiritual gifts - speaking, thinking, and working type gifts.}
{The
'Nothings':I PROFIT Nothing}
3~~
And if I give away all my goods
- maybe I will, maybe I won't -
to feed the poor,
and,
if I give my body to be burned
{some 'cults' of the time believed you could set yourself on fire
and go straight to heaven},
and,
I am not filled with the Holy Spirit that produces agape love,
it
profits me nothing.
{Note: A right thing done in a wrong way is still wrong -described 'as filthy rags' and 'wood, hay, and stubble'.}
{Verses
4-7: 15 Characteristics of Agape Love}
4-7~~Agape
love [agape]
keeps
on 'being patient' . . .
{1- love that gives you patience when dealing with others}
and
is kind
{2- it overtly treats other people well - with grace}.
Agape
love envies not.
{3- is not jealous}
Agape
love vaunts not itself
{4 - not a boaster - has the concept of a big ego}
and
is not puffed up {inner pride}, 5~~
{agape
love} Does not behave dishonorably {6},
{agape
love} seeks not her own
{7 - does not try to gratify their own lusts - material lust,
approbation lust, etc. - their 'own' weaknesses in their
old sin nature},
{agape
love} is not easily provoked
{8- 'provoked' here is the concept of throwing a tantrum},
thinks
no evil
{9 - not minding other people's business} 6~~
rejoices
not in iniquity
{10- expression of jealousy - not rejoicing when
someone else has problems},
but
rejoices in the truth. 7~~
{11- a hunger to learn Bible Doctrine}
{Agape
love} Bears all things
{12- keeps things confidential and covered},
believes
all things
{13 - Faith Rest technique - put all things in the Hands
of the Lord and worry not},
hopes
all things
{14 - expectations of the future - covers dying
grace and eternal security issues},
endures
all things
{15 - no matter what the circumstances,
you can endure it when you are filled with the Spirit}.
{Summary
of above/ Then Temporary Gifts Will Cease}
8~~
Agape love . . .
produced
by the filling of the Spirit . . .
never
fails.
But
where there be the gift of prophecies -
they
shall become non-operational.
Where
there be the gift of languages -
they
shall cease.
Where
there be the gift of knowledge -
it
shall vanish away.
{Note: These were the temporary gifts needed to spread the Word of God before the Canon of Scriptures was completed.}
{Emphasis
on 'The More Excellent Way'}
9~~
For we know in part,
and
we prophesy in part.
{Note: Before the Canon was complete the missing 'part' had to be taught from the gift of knowledge and prophesy.}
{Temporary
Spiritual Gifts will end when the Canon is Complete}
10~~
But when 'The Perfect {thing}' is come,
then
the part shall be done away.
{Note: See James 1:25 - the Bible is 'The Perfect Law of Liberty'. And in the Greek syntax here, 'The Perfect' is in the neuter case so it does not refer to Christ. When the New Testament was finished, all temporary gifts would end. The gift of languages/'tongues' ended in Aug 70. The other temporary gifts ended in 96 AD with the Amen at the end of Revelation - the completion of the Canon of Scriptures - that neuter thing which is perfect.}
{Illustration
of above point}
11~~
When I was a child,
I
spoke as a child,
I
understood as a child,
I
thought as a child.
But
when I became a man,
I
put away childish things.
{Note: Paul is saying when the Church comes to full age (cannon is complete) then the 'childish things' used as crutches primarily in evangelism and in 'knowing doctrine without study' . . . must be put away. The temporary gifts are put away because we now have the complete written Word.}
12~~
For now by means of a mirror
we
see an obscure form {the form of Christ)
but
not as clear as looking right at Him,
but,
then {eternity future} . . .
face
to face {with Christ}.
Now
I know in part,
but
then I shall know {Christ} . . .
even
as He knows me {and He is omniscient}.
{Note: This is an advancing analogy. As the pre-cannon period is to the post-cannon period . . . so is the post-cannon period to eternity future.}
13~~
And now
keep
on abiding faith
{faith rest technique},
hope/'absolute
confidence'
{pertaining to eternity future},
[and]
agape love . . .
these
three . . .
but
the greatest of these
is
agape love.
{Note: Agape love is the most important in the post-cannon period. And this can only be produced by the filling of the Holy Spirit.}
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