13:8a Love never fails.

Love lasts for all time.
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If we love ⌊other people⌋, we will love them forever.

13:8b But where there are prophecies, they will cease;

But ⌊the spiritual gift of⌋ prophecy will be stopped.
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God gives some people ⌊the gift of⌋ declaring his word, but in the future he will not give it any more.

13:8c where there are tongues, they will be restrained;

⌊The spiritual gift of⌋ tongues will be ended.
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God gives some people ⌊the gift of⌋ speaking in tongues, but in the future he will not give it any more.

13:8d where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.

⌊The spiritual gift of⌋ knowledge will be stopped.
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God gives some people ⌊the gift of⌋ knowing ⌊what he is doing⌋, but in the future he will not give it any more.

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