Corinthians 13 is the only passage to which people can appeal in order to try to demonstrate that the supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit are no longer operative. However, notice that even a cursory examination of the text shows that the supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit are still with us. For instance, Corinthians 13:8 talks not only about the gift of tongues and the gift of prophecy, but also about the gift of knowledge. Has knowledge of God also disappeared from the face of the Earth? Of course not. No one would spouse such a theory. Thus, Corinthians 13:8 does not lend support to cessationism. It is evident that in the passage above Paul is speaking of Jesus' second coming. This is what the "the perfect" means. Some people try to argue that Paul was talking about the biblical canon. However, this line of reasoning is patently wrong. Nowhere in the New Testament the biblical canon is mentioned or discussed. Positing that Paul is speaking about the biblical canon is like positing that Paul is speaking about colour TV or interstellar journeys. All things that never came into the apostle's mind. Regarding the fact that today the church is nearly everywhere and that therefore the gifts of the Spirit are no longer needed, this is simply not true. There are lots of places on this Earth in which the gifts of the Spirit are desperately needed. For instance, the Middle East or China. I would also argue that all of the gifts are needed everywhere. This is what the Bible teaches us.