Yeah.. they were close associates to the apostles who were given special roles...
The exception rather than the rule.
And yea Paul did know the second coming.. but I mean he didn't directly mention it in 1 co 13.
The Bible is called a mirror in other scripture and could easily be the 'face to face ' in 1 co 13.
Aside from this it's the ongoing process that was going on with the sign gifts .. the foundation that was being established that is the main thing. Whatever is perfect is the culmination of that.
Well, that is a good point but we cannot assume that what is said in chapters 13:8-10 means canonization. BUT we can with the chapters in 10 through 15 see Paul speak more about seeing Jesus than not. Tomany hang their hats on 1cor 13:8-10
YET do so at the expense of the chapters before and after.
We must look at the full word of God in the complete book and parallel scriptures.
To understand what Paul was saying in 1cor 13:8-10, one must look at chapters 12 and 14. With this in mind, how does Love measure up in the believer's life if using the gifts of the Holy Spirit? Is chapter 12 mention anything about the Lords coming or 11 or 10? How bout 14? or 15?
Does the book or letter say anything more than what Cessationist thinks is said in 1cor 13:8-10? The authorial intent must be applied.
AS to seeing Jesus or the coming of the Lord. 1cor says:
Chapter 1: 6-7 6 even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,
7 so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
This was said in the opening from the opening of the letter it is paramount.
8 who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Chapter 2;
Spiritual wisdom:
6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
Sounds like some f what is talked about in 1cor 13 and 12 and 14
Chapter3:
Avoid Worldly Wisdom:
20 and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” 21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours: 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come—all are yours. 23 And you
are Christ’s, and Christ
is God’s.
Chapter 4:
Mysteries of GOD:
4 For I know of nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord. 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts.
Chapter 5:
Immorality Must Be Judged:
9 I wrote to you in my epistle not to [f]keep company with sexually immoral people. 10 Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.
Chapter 6:
Glorify God in Body and Spirit:
12 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not [
e]helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of [
f]any. 13 Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body
is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.
Chapter 7:
Principles of Marriage:
Chapter 8:
Be Sensitive to Conscience:
8 Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge [a]puffs up, but love [b]edifies. 2 And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know. 3 But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.
Chapter 9:
Striving for a Crown:
Chapter 10:
10 Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, 2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.
chapter 11:
Examine Yourself:
26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup,
you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.
As we see from the opening of the letter to the closing in chapter 16, The coming of the Lord and seeing him is well established many times in the letter.
When PAUL SAYS IN 1COR 13:8-10
8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
THIS CAN NOT BE FULLY UNDERSTOOD WITHOUT THE CHAPTER BEFORE AND AFTER THIS STATEMENT.
