{Abideth} (menei). Singular, agreeing in number with
pistis (faith), first in list. {The greatest of these} (meiz(936e)
tout(936e)). Predicative adjective and so no article. The form of
meiz(936e) is comparative, but it is used as superlative, for the
superlative form megistos had become rare in the _Koin(825f)
(Robertson, _Grammar_, pp. 667ff.). See this idiom in  Mt 11:11  18:1  23:11 . The other gifts pass away, but these abide forever.
Love is necessary for both faith and hope. Does not love keep on
growing? It is quite worth while to call attention to Henry
Drummond's famous sermon _The Greatest Thing in the World_ and to
Dr. J.D. Jones's able book _The Greatest of These_. Greatest, Dr.
Jones holds, because love is an attribute of God.