Hopeth all things. Is hopeful instead of despondent, and hopes for the best. Endureth all things. Endures patiently persecution and suffering. The cardinal quality of fortitude, hardihood, unyielding persistence is meant.
Love never faileth.
The superiority of love over all besides is shown by its survival of all with which it is compared. It is eternal and imperishable. Whether there be prophecies. The gift of prophesying shall cease. As a matter of fact we know that it has long since done so.