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OET (OET-RV) because we only have partial knowledge and partial understanding of prophecy.

Key: khaki:verbs, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

UST These things will no longer happen, because we know special things incompletely, and we proclaim what God says incompletely.

AICNT [For][fn] We know in part and we prophesy in part;

13:9, For: NA28 SBLGNT THGNT ‖ Later manuscripts read “but.” BYZ

OEB For our knowledge is incomplete, and our preaching is incomplete,

WEBBE For we know in part and we prophesy in part;

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(8-10)Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit. We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete. But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled.

NET For we know in part, and we prophesy in part,

LSV for we know in part, and we prophesy in part;

FBV For our knowledge and our prophetic understanding are incomplete.

TCNT [fn]Now we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

13:9 Now ¦ For CT TR

T4T God does not reveal everything to us, and we cannot know everything that he knows.

LEB For we know in part and we prophesy in part,

BBE For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true:

Moff No Moff 1COR book available

Wymth For our knowledge is imperfect, and so is our prophesying;

ASV For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;

DRA For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

YLT for in part we know, and in part we prophecy;

Drby For we know in part, and we prophesy in part:

RV For we know in part, and we prophesy in part:

Wbstr For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

KJB-1769 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

KJB-1611 For we know in part, and we prophesie in part.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps For our knowledge is vnperfect, and our prophesiyng is vnperfect:
(For our knowledge is unperfect, and our prophesiyng is unperfect:)

Gnva For we knowe in part, and we prophecie in part.
(For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. )

Cvdl For oure knowlege is vnparfecte, and oure prophecienge is vnparfecte.
(For our knowledge is unparfecte, and our prophecienge is unparfecte.)

TNT For oure knowledge is vnparfect and oure prophesyinge is vnperfet.
(For our knowledge is unparfect and our prophesyinge is unperfet. )

Wycl For a parti we knowun, and a parti we prophecien;
(For a parti we known, and a parti we prophecien;)

Luth Denn unser Wissen ist Stückwerk, und unser Weissagen ist Stückwerk.
(Because unser Wissen is Stückwerk, and unser Weissagen is Stückwerk.)

ClVg Ex parte enim cognoscimus, et ex parte prophetamus.
(From in_part/partly because cognoscimus, and from in_part/partly prophetamus. )

UGNT ἐκ μέρους γὰρ γινώσκομεν, καὶ ἐκ μέρους προφητεύομεν;
(ek merous gar ginōskomen, kai ek merous profaʸteuomen;)

SBL-GNT ἐκ μέρους ⸀γὰρ γινώσκομεν καὶ ἐκ μέρους προφητεύομεν·
(ek merous ⸀gar ginōskomen kai ek merous profaʸteuomen;)

TC-GNT Ἐκ μέρους [fn]δὲ [fn]γινώσκομεν, καὶ ἐκ μέρους προφητεύομεν·
(Ek merous de ginōskomen, kai ek merous profaʸteuomen; )

13:9 δε ¦ γαρ CT TR

13:9 γινωσκομεν ¦ γεινωσκομεν TH

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Loving Others

Jesus spoke of loving one’s neighbor as the second most important of the Old Testament commandments (Mark 12:31). In fact, love summarizes the entire Old Testament law (22:40; cp. Matt 7:12; 9:9-13; 12:1-13; see Rom 13:8-10). Jesus criticized the Pharisees for their failure to show love (Matt 9:13; 12:7; 23:4, 13-14, 23). Love is the mark of a true follower of Jesus (John 13:34-35) and of an authentic experience of God (1 Jn 2:9-11; 3:11-18; 4:7-21).

For Paul, love is more important than any of the spiritual gifts and the most important virtue. Love “binds us all together in perfect harmony” (Col 3:14). Without love, ministry has limited value (1 Cor 13:1-3). Paul summed up the whole of Christian ethics as “faith expressing itself in love” (Gal 5:6). Love is the natural outworking of Christian faith, the primary fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22), and the most important motivation for ministry. As believers grow in Christ, they will seek more and more to love others as he did.

Passages for Further Study

Lev 19:18; Hos 6:6; Matt 7:12; 9:9-13; 12:1-13; 22:37-40; 23:2-4, 13, 23; John 13:34-35; Rom 13:8-10; 1 Cor 13:1-13; Gal 5:6, 22-23; Col 3:12-14; 1 Jn 2:7-11; 3:11-18; 4:7-21

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

Connecting Statement:

Here, For introduces Paul’s reason for saying that prophecies, tongues, and knowledge will pass away. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express For with a comparable word that introduces a reason why someone has made a claim. Alternate translation: [In fact,] or [That is because]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence -1) ἐκ μέρους

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐκ μέρους γὰρ γινώσκομεν καὶ ἐκ μέρους προφητεύομεν)

Connecting Statement:

Here, in part refers to how something is only a part of a larger whole. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express in part with a comparable expression that indicates that something is only part of a larger whole. Alternate translation: [partially … partially] or [imperfectly … imperfectly]

Parallel 1COR 13:9

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