House Church Talk - cessation of spiritual gifts

[Ross J Purdy]

Hi Glenn,

You ask, "Did Paul live to see the completion of the canon of scripture?" I
can speculate that he did and I do, but that is not germane to my
understanding of the perfect which I think is something altogether different
to the completion of the canon (but not necessarily totally unrelated). I
believe that whatever communication they needed they had, even if it was
only a part of what we call the New Testament writings. I suspect various
churches had collections of letters from Paul mostly and perhaps a few other
apostles most of which we do not have (and of which we were not intended to
have).

In Christ,
Ross Purdy

> Dear Ross and saints,
> It is edifying to read your discussion.  I'm presently unable to engage
> in a dialogue on these things as I'd like, but I will here briefly pose
> one question for consideration (in addition to Bruce's below) related to
> the text in question of I Corinthians 13:
>
> Did Paul live to see the completion of the canon of scripture?
>
> [Noticing that Paul said that *he personally* would know fully as he was
> fully known, at the coming perfection.]
>
> Grace in Christ,
> Glenn