KJV
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.



KJV
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.

AMP
8. Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. As for prophecy (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), it will be fulfilled and pass away; as for tongues, they will be destroyed and cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away [it will lose its value and be superseded by truth].

KJVP
8. Charity G26 N-NSF never G3763 ADV faileth G1601 V-PAI-3S : but G1161 CONJ whether G1535 CONJ [ there ] [ be ] prophecies G4394 N-NPF , they shall fail G2673 V-FPI-3P ; whether G1535 CONJ [ there ] [ be ] tongues G1100 N-NPF , they shall cease G3973 V-FDI-3P ; whether G1535 CONJ [ there ] [ be ] knowledge G1108 N-NSF , it shall vanish away G2673 V-FPI-3S .

YLT
8. The love doth never fail; and whether [there be] prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless;

ASV
8. Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away.

WEB
8. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

NASB
8. Love never fails. If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing; if tongues, they will cease; if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing.

ESV
8. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

RV
8. Love never faileth: but whether {cf15i there be} prophecies, they shall be done away; whether {cf15i there be} tongues, they shall cease; whether {cf15i there be} knowledge, it shall be done away.

RSV
8. Love never ends; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

NKJV
8. Love never fails. But whether [there are] prophecies, they will fail; whether [there are] tongues, they will cease; whether [there is] knowledge, it will vanish away.

MKJV
8. Charity never fails. But if there are prophecies, they will be abolished; if tongues, they shall cease; if knowledge, it will be abolished.

AKJV
8. Charity never fails: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

NRSV
8. Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end.

NIV
8. 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.

NIRV
8. Love never fails. But prophecy will pass away. Speaking in languages that had not been known before will end. And knowledge will pass away.

NLT
8. Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever!

MSG
8. Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit.

GNB
8. Love is eternal. There are inspired messages, but they are temporary; there are gifts of speaking in strange tongues, but they will cease; there is knowledge, but it will pass.

NET
8. Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside.

ERVEN
8. Love will never end. But all those gifts will come to an end—even the gift of prophecy, the gift of speaking in different kinds of languages, and the gift of knowledge.