1Cor 13:8 | RWP | e4.org | Love never faileth ( Hη αγαπη ουδεποτε πιπτε ). New turn for the perpetuity of love. Πιπτε correct text, not εκπιπτε , as in . Love survives everything. They shall be done away ( καταργηθησοντα ). First future passive of καταργεω . Rare in old Greek, to make idle ( αργος ), inoperative. All these special spiritual gifts will pass. It is amazing how little of human work lasts. They shall cease ( παυσοντα ). Future middle indicative of παυω , to make cease. They shall make themselves cease or automatically cease of themselves.

‏ 1 Corinthians 13:8

Love never faileth ( Hη αγαπη ουδεποτε πιπτε ). New turn for the perpetuity of love. Πιπτε correct text, not εκπιπτε, as in Lu 16:17. Love survives everything.

They shall be done away ( καταργηθησοντα ). First future passive of καταργεω. Rare in old Greek, to make idle ( αργος ), inoperative. All these special spiritual gifts will pass. It is amazing how little of human work lasts.

They shall cease ( παυσοντα ). Future middle indicative of παυω, to make cease. They shall make themselves cease or automatically cease of themselves.