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NASB | 1 Corinthians 13:8 ¶ Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 13:8 ¶ Love never fails [it never fades nor ends]. But as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for the gift of special knowledge, it will pass away. |
Subject: Cessation of the gift of tongues |
Bible Note: The kingdom of Christ has come else how would the Colossians be "transferred...tothe kingdom of His beloved Son." All thru the Bible up until Acts 2 we are told of the kingdom coming after Acts 2 the kingdom is spoken of as a fact. The church and the kingdom are one and the same thing note Jesus words in Matthew 16 where church and kingdom of heaven are used interchangably, "Blessed are you Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. I also say to you that you are Peter(Petros), and upon this rock (petra) I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. I will give you (plural) the keys to the kingdom of heaven (used instead of church); and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heave, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven." The miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit were designed to aid the fledgeling church in its establishment. They were not designed to continue indefinetly. When Paul said they would cease that is exactly what he meant. 1 Corinthians 13:8-10 tells when the gifts would cease; "when that which is perfect is come." This reference to that which is perfect in construction is not referring to Christ because He had already come. This passage does not say anything about coming again. The passage is referring to the completed New Testament once it had come we would no longer know in part but would know fully. As to your reference to the baptism of the Holy Spirit, this only happened twice (Acts 2 and Acts 10). The gifts of the Holy Spirit were passed on by the laying on of the apostles hands (Acts 8:14-17). If you read Acts 8 you find that Philip altho he had miraculous power could not pass it on, the apostles came from Jerusalem and laid their hands on the believers in order to impart the gofts of the Spirit. There are no apostles today to impart the gift onto believers and the belivers of the first century have long ago died. How are the gifts passed on today? Did God decide to try something new? The evidence indicates that the gifts of the Spirit have ceased. I know of no one today who speaks in a tongue (known language)not studied. |