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There are two different interpretations:
The Cessation view: Based on the biblical and church historical records: "the perfect" refers to completion of the canon of Scripture; "partial will pass away," the cessation of "spiritual gifts" and "concesión" thereafter.
The Continuation view: In consideration of the Lord’s explicite instruction in Acts 1:8,they refer neither the "completion of the Scripture nor the "cessation."
Texts: (ESV) (Emphasis mine)
Acts 1:8: "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
1 Cor 13:8 -10: "Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away."
