“Love never fails” (8a) conveys the meaning of “never-ending,” as some English translations render it. Love was before eternity and will continue, for within the nature of God is love, and God never fails. (1 John 4:8) Those who will live forever emanate love in their life. What is an adult man? What is an adult woman? The essence that will remain of the mature is God’s love (11). Those who live it are adults. Without love awaits the second death. (John 5:42; Revelation 21:8, 20:14, 6, 2:11)
God knows me fully (12b). He understands me completely. He knows my motives. He sees my heart. He knows my situation. He knows my past, present, and future. Nothing about me is hidden from God. I cannot keep anything from God. The Spirit searches all deep, hidden things. (2:10)
Knowing God is a continual process in this age. (12) Paul says now we know in part, then we shall know fully. Being in the presence of God cannot be compared to any experience we have in this life. How can it be described? There is no experience like being in the presence of God. Any attempt is a poor reflection in a poor mirror. In those days, mirrors were polished bronze. That is not remotely the same as seeing someone face-to-face, being surrounded and indwelled fully in the power and love of God. No comparison.
Do you have a desire to live eternally? Know God. One cannot know God if they do not have and express love.
