Charity never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall fail; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it shall vanish away.
KJV
Greek original
Ἡ ἀγάπη οὐδέποτε πίπτει εἴτε δὲ προφητεῖαι καταργηθήσονται εἴτε γλῶσσαι παύσονται εἴτε γνῶσις καταργηθήσεται
Louis Segond 1910
La charité ne périt jamais. Les prophéties prendront fin, les langues cesseront, la connaissance disparaîtra.
KJV
Charity never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall fail; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it shall vanish away.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
t remain in the soul separated from the body: for the Apostle says: "Knowledge shall be destroyed" ( 1 Cor. 13:8 ). Objection 2: Further, some in this world who are less good enjoy knowledge denied to others who are better. If, therefore, the habit of knowledge remained in the so…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
1: It would seem that the intellectual virtues do not remain after this life. For the Apostle says ( 1 Cor. 13:8,9 ) that "knowledge shall be destroyed," and he states the reason to be because "we know in part." Now just as the knowledge of science is in part, i.e. imperfect; so…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
eems that the charity of the wayfarer does not remain in heaven. On the contrary, The Apostle says ( 1 Cor. 13:8 ): "Charity never falleth away." I answer that, As stated above (A[3]) , when the imperfection of a thing does not belong to its specific nature, there is nothing to h…
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