1 Corinthians 13:9 “For we know in part and we prophesy in part,”

1 Corinthians 13:9

For we know in part and we prophesy in part,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

For we know in part and we prophesy in part;

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For we knowe in part, and we prophecie in part.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.”

1 Corinthians 2:9 Psalm 139:6 1 Corinthians 13:12 1 Corinthians 8:2 Psalm 40:5 Proverbs 30:4

1 Corinthians 2:9 · BSB

Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”

Psalm 139:6 · BSB

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

1 Corinthians 13:12 · BSB

Now we see but a dim 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 8:2 · BSB

The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

Psalm 40:5 · BSB

Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.

Proverbs 30:4 · BSB

Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.

10but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away.

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