1 Corinthians 13:8-12

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. -1 Corinthians 13:8-12

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In the church of Corinth, people were all trying one-up each other by showing off their “spiritual” gifts.  People who spoke in tongues or were able to prophesy considered themselves better than those who can’t.

The Apostle Paul was putting all of them in their place.  In heaven, there is no need to speak in the tongues of angels because everyone will be communicating with one another in ways we can’t even imagine right now.  In heaven, there’s no need to predict what is to come because we will know and understand reality and a completely different way than we do now.

So speaking in tongues will cease and predicting the future will cease, but not love.  Love will still be around in heaven and that’s what makes it so much more important than anything else.  Our love here on earth has the power to stretch into eternity.

Love never fails.