Passage
Love never fails, but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.
1 Corinthians 13:8 (LSB)
Nearby Context
1 Corinthians 13:6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
1 Corinthians 13:7 it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:8 Love never fails, but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.
1 Corinthians 13:9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
1 Corinthians 13:10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "love", "never", "fails", "gifts", "prophecy", "done", "away", and "tongues". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "love" and "never", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 7's "it bears all things believes all things..." into verse 9's "For we know in part and we...", so "love" and "never" belong inside that flow. In 1 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "love" and "never" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.