What does 1 Corinthians 13:10 mean?
Paul is showing that love is eternal, while spiritual gifts are temporary. This is a reference to godly love: from the Greek agape, meaning sacrificial and selfless active love. What we know about God and what He will do in the world is relatively limited. Even through the revelation given to prophets and those with the "gift of knowledge" in Paul's day, what is revealed to us even in Scripture is a tiny slice of what is knowable. For now, we know only "in part" (1 Corinthians 13:9).That will change one day. When the perfect comes, Paul writes, the partial will pass away. We will no longer need to work to understand and wonder over the bit of knowledge we have about God and His ways. The perfect, which is Jesus Christ, will bring about the day when all is revealed to God's children. When Christ returns, we will "know fully" (1 Corinthians 13:12).