Confirmed unto the End
1 Corinthians 1:8 – Confirmed unto the End
The argument is flawed in several particulars.
- The purpose of miracles was to confirm the truth of the gospel (Mark 16:20; Hebrews 2:3,4) – not people per se; yet this passage speaks of confirming Christians. Obviously the confirmation here suggested is not the same as in these other contexts.
- The passage no more asserts that miracles will continue to the end of time than it argues the Corinthians themselves would continue to live unto the end of time.
- The term “end” (telos) can mean “to the uttermost” (cf. John 13:1), and so may not have reference in this context to time as such.
- Later in this same book Paul contends that supernatural gifts will continue only until “the perfect thing,” i.e., the completion of New Testament revelation, comes (1 Corinthians 13:8ff). The apostle does not contradict himself in 1 Corinthian 1:8 and 13:8ff.
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