Wes,<br><br>So Paul is talking about the church now as compared to the church in glory. I can see that. I appreciate your answer. I was kind of leaning towards thinking that Paul was talking about the miraculous spiritual gifts that were given as signs of authority in order to help establish the NT church passing away once the actual recording of God's revelation to the Apostles were complete. In other words, once the Church had it all in writing.<br><br>Taken in the context of the rest of the chapter though, (especially verse 12) I can see how your application fits.[img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/bingo.gif" alt="bingo" title="bingo[/img] <br><br>Mucho Gracias,[img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/thumbup.gif" alt="thumbup" title="thumbup[/img]<br>Stucco