1 Corinthians 13:8 (WEB)
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.
Catechism · 1
“In the Church this communion of men with God, in the "love [that] never ends," is the purpose which governs everything in her that is a sacramental means, tied to this passing world.” — Catechism footnote: 1 Cor 13:8; cf. LG 48.
Fathers and councils · 16
Jerome
“And after discoursing more in detail of the graces of charity, he added: “Whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiii. 8, 9, 10.
Read the whole comment“Charity never faileth.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiii. 4, 7, 8.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X I.11Conference I
“For not only does it work usefully in us in this world; but also in that to come, when the burden of bodily needs is cast off, it will continue in far greater vigour and excellence, and will never be weakened by any defect, but by means of its perpetual incorruption will cling to God more intently and earnestly.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiii. 8.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XI.6Conference XI
“Love also fears no destruction from sins, for “love never faileth;” and again: “love covers a multitude of sins.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiii. 8.
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“For “whether there be prophecies, they shall fail, whether there be tongues, they shall cease, whether there be knowledge, it shall be destroyed,” but “love never faileth,” and without it not only those most excellent kinds of gifts, but even the glory of martyrdom itself will fail.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 31; xiii. 1–8.
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John Chrysostom
“Wherefore Paul also said, “Charity never faileth.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiii. 8. [R.V., “Love never faileth.” The Greek word is rendered “love” throughout this part of the Homily.—R.]
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Augustine of Hippo
“God dwelleth in thee, that He may hold thee: thou dwellest in God, that thou mayest not fall; for thus saith the apostle of this same charity, “Charity never falleth.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiii. 8. Lit. πίπτει.
Read the whole comment“For “knowledge shall be destroyed,” saith the Apostle: and yet it is necessary for this time: but “charity shall never fail.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiii. 8
Read the whole comment““Charity never falleth.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiii. 8. Cadit.
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Basil the Great
“I have been the first to betake myself to writing, because I know that “charity beareth all things…endureth all things…seeketh not her own” and so “never faileth.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiii. 7 and 8.
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Ambrose of Milan
“As the Apostle says: “It beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things; love never faileth.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiii. 7, 8.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“For this teaching we have the authority of God’s own Apostle, who announces a subduing and a ceasing of all other activities, even for the good, which are within us, and finds no limit for love alone.” — editor's note: καταστολὴν. Cf. 1 Cor. xiii. 8–13.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Charity never faileth.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiii. 2–5, 7, 8.
Read the whole comment“Charity shall never fail.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiii. 2–8.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Love never faileth.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiii. 7, 8.
Read the whole comment“But the greatest of these is Love.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiii. 4–8, 13.
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Cross-references · 10
Cited together in Letters Letter 65.
Cited together in On the Good of Marriage Chapter 8.
Cited together in Catechism §773.
Cited together in On the Good of Marriage Chapter 8.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.6.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.6.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.6.
Cited together in On the Good of Marriage Chapter 8.
Cited together in On the Good of Marriage Chapter 8.
Cited together in On the Good of Marriage Chapter 8.