Understanding God's word, the Bible, is necessary for life. Included is a brief commentary differentiating between the present dispensation and eternity. The following two paragraphs from my sermon "Decency and Order" will augment the commentary.
"Chapter 13 of I Corinthians depicts a time period from the dispensation of the gifts among the early church unto the transformation from the 'body of our humiliation' unto the 'body of his glory' (Phil. 3:21). Knowledge shall vanish away (I Cor. 13:8). There is a contrast between 'partial' knowledge, which exists now; and with 'full' knowledge, whereas one shall know even as he has been known (I Cor. 13:12). In order for the greater to become existent, the lesser must be annulled--that will happen when 'that which is perfect' comes (I Cor. 13:10).
"If the dispensation of the gifts, even though they be from 'part' (I Cor. 13:9), existed from the early church era and will continue to exist until that which is perfect is come (an everlasting era in the future), ... the longevity of the dispensation of the gifts includes our contemporary era."
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