Chiasm
1 Corinthians 13:8–13
1 Corinthians 13:8–132 matched frames1 pivot
Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.
- A 8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
- B 9-10 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
- C 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
- B' 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
- B 9-10 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
- A' 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.