{"id":4125,"date":"2025-01-26T21:37:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T02:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=4125"},"modified":"2025-01-26T21:37:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T02:37:34","slug":"daily-bible-nugget-907-1-corinthians-139","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=4125","title":{"rendered":"Daily Bible Nugget #907, 1 Corinthians 13:9"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/fb:like>

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The Nugget:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1Co 13:9\u00a0 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. (KJV)<\/p>\n

1Co 13:9 For, in part, are we gaining knowledge, and, in part, are we prophesying, (EB,\u00a0Emphasized Bible<\/em> by Rotherham)<\/p>\n

1Co 13:9 Now we know in part, and we prophesy in part. (EMTV, English Majority Text Version)<\/p>\n

1Co 13:9 For our knowledge is incomplete, and our preaching is incomplete, (TCNT, Twentieth Century NT)<\/p>\n

1Co 13:9 For what we know is incomplete and what we prophesy is incomplete. (Williams NT)<\/p>\n

1Co 13:9\u00a0 For our gifts of knowledge and of inspired messages are only partial; (GNB, Good News Bible)<\/p>\n

1Co 13:9\u00a0 These will all end because this knowledge and these prophecies we have are not complete. (ERV, Easy to Read Version)<\/p>\n

1Co 13:9 For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet’s word gives only a part of what is true: (BBE, Bible in Basic English)<\/p>\n

1Co 13:9 We don’t know everything, and our prophecies are not complete. (CEV, Contemporary English Version)<\/p>\n

1Co 13:9\u00a0 Our knowledge is incomplete and our ability to speak what God has revealed is incomplete. (GW, God’s Word translation)<\/p>\n

My Comment:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have presented ten different English translations or versions of 1 Corinthians 13:9. For English readers, comparing several different translations of a passage helps to see what translators see in the underlying original Greek text. Often this clarifies the meaning of the verse or passage.<\/p>\n

Another most important method of Bible study is to read the cross references given for the verse or passage being studied. The Bible does not tell all about a subject it mentions in one place. To learn what the whole Bible says about a subject or topic it is necessary to read all the material on that subject found in the Bible. Cross references are the best and easiest way to make a study of what is mentioned elsewhere on the subject.<\/p>\n

Even Bible scholars sometimes mistakenly think that cross references are merely “proof-texting,” rather than a legitimate means of studying the Bible. When I read them say this, I immediately know they do not know the difference, and have likely never studied the Bible seriously this way. “Proof texting” is collecting a set of Bible passages, Bible verses, in such a way as to prove a Bible doctrine in a manner that does not take into account other passages which do not support that interpretation.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere on this site I have written an article about where cross references come from. Reading that article will help dispel some mistaken notions many otherwise quite knowledgeable students of the Bible sometimes have.<\/p>\n

Many Bible readers understand that “Scripture interprets Scripture.”<\/p>\n

Dig deeper into 1 Corinthians 13:9 by consulting the cross references I have collected for this verse in this updated edition of\u00a0The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury:<\/em><\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 13:9
\nknow<\/strong>. Gr. gin\u014dsk\u014d<\/em> (S# G1097), John 8:55 note. 1Co 14:6.<\/p>\n

in part<\/strong>. 1Co 13:12, 1Co 2:9; 1Co 8:2, +Job 11:7; Job 11:8; Job 26:14, Psa 40:5; Psa 73:22; Psa 139:6, Pro 30:2, 3, 4, +*Mat 11:27, Mrk 8:24, Joh 13:7, *Rom 11:34, Eph 3:8; Eph 3:18, 19, Php 3:12, 13, *Col 2:2; *Col 2:3, *1Pe 1:10, 11, 12, **1Jn 3:2, Rev 2:17.<\/p>\n

prophesy in part<\/strong>. +*1Co 14:1; +*1Co 14:29, *1Ch 17:2, Mat 7:15, 1Th 5:20.<\/p>\n

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  The Nugget: 1Co 13:9\u00a0 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. (KJV) 1Co 13:9 For, in part, are we gaining knowledge, and, in part, are we prophesying, (EB,\u00a0Emphasized Bible by Rotherham) 1Co 13:9 Now we know … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,983,4774,228],"tags":[6329,6330,6328],"class_list":["post-4125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-study-tools","category-daily-bible-nuggets","category-how-to-interpret-the-bible-correctly","category-how-to-study-the-bible","tag-1-corinthians-139-cross-reference-bible-study","tag-cross-reference-bible-study-is-not-proof-texting","tag-daily-bible-nugget-907-1-corinthians-139"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}