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Duration is defined as, “ the time during which something continues. ” In the previous edition, spiritual gifts were clearly defined and enumerated from First Corinthians 12. The gifts were miraculous abilities that were distributed as the Holy Spirit willed (1Cor. 12:11), through the laying on of the apostles’ hands (Acts 8:14-19; Rom. 1:11; 2 Tim. 1:6). A question that necessarily follows, and that is addressed in First Corinthians 13 is about the duration of said gifts. I

First Corinthians 12-14 is a detailed discussion about spiritual gifts in the functioning of the church in Corinth. Paul immediately informed his readers that they did not have to be ignorant in regard to what the gifts were, their purpose, duration, and the order that should have existed when the congregation was assembled and the gifts were employed. In turn, today’s reader of these three chapters should not be ignorant either! The first thing addressed was that the gifts w

The faithful student of the Bible knows that “antichrist” appears only five times in Scripture, in only four verses, and all in the writings of the apostle John. The word itself simply means, “one who opposes Christ.” The first appearance of this term is found in First John 2:18. “Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.” Next is First John 2:22 which r

Paul speaks about the grace of God and sets forth its true nature in Titus 2:11-12. The gospel has to do with the person of Christ, the Word provided, and the Word proclaimed and received. The one word that best states this is GRACE. Thus, we read of: "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ" (Rom.16:20). Paul describes it as such: "But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have