Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [1 Corinthians: Chapter 13].
Stoics--temperance, prudence, fortitude, justice--and the three
Christian graces--faith, hope, love), he will find them all
exemplified here as marks of love (the queen of them all).
13:8 {Love never faileth} (\H• agap• oudepote piptei\). New turn
for the perpetuity of love. \Piptei\ correct text, not
\ekpiptei\, as in Lu 16:17. Love survives everything. {They
shall be done away} (\katarg•th•sontai\). First future passive of
\katarge•\. Rare in old Greek, to make idle (\argos\),
inoperative. All these special spiritual gifts will pass. It is
amazing how little of human work lasts. {They shall cease}
(\pausontai\). Future middle indicative of \pau•\, to make cease.
They shall make themselves cease or automatically cease of
themselves.
13:9 {In part} (\ek merous\). See on ¯12:27. As opposed to the
whole.
13:10 {That which is perfect} (\to teleion\). The perfect, the
full-grown (\telos\, end), the mature. See on ¯2:6. \Hotan
elth•i\ is second aorist subjunctive with \hotan\, temporal
clause for indefinite future time.
13:11 {A child} (\n•pios\). See on ¯3:1 for \n•pios\ in contrast
with \teleios\ (adult). {I spake} (\elaloun\). Imperfect active,
I used to talk. {I felt} (\ephronoun\). Imperfect active, I used
to think. Better, I used to understand. {I thought}
(\elogizom•n\). Imperfect middle, I used to reason or calculate.
{Now that I am become} (\hote gegona\). Perfect active indicative
\gegona\, I have become a man (\an•r\) and remain so (Eph
4:14). {I have put away} (\kat•rg•ka\). Perfect active
indicative. I have made inoperative (verse 8) for good.
13:12 {In a mirror} (\di' esoptrou\). By means of a mirror
(\esoptron\, from \opt•\, old word, in papyri). Ancient mirrors
were of polished metal, not glass, those in Corinth being famous.
{Darkly} (\en ainigmati\). Literally, in an enigma. Old word from
\ainissomai\, to express obscurely. This is true of all ancient
mirrors. Here only in N.T., but often in LXX. "To see a friend's
face in a cheap mirror would be very different from looking at
the friend" (Robertson and Plummer). {Face to face} (\pros•pon
pros pros•pon\). Note triple use of \pros\ which means facing one
as in Joh 1:1. \Pros•pon\ is old word from \pros\ and \ops\,
eye, face. {Shall I know} (\epign•somai\). I shall fully (\epi-\)
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