GREATER — a comparative, not a superlative. 'The greatest of these' at 1 Corinthians 13:13 would be megistē in Greek, and Paul did not write it. The distinction is not pedantry: the verse is not ranking three virtues on a podium but saying love is greater BECAUSE, unlike faith and hope, it is the one that does not get abolished when the partial passes. Spanish keeps the comparative ('la mayor') where English forces the superlative. → first discussed at 1 Corinthians 13:13