What is "that which is perfect"?

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Paul said prophecies, tongues and knowledge would cease "when that which is perfect has come" (1 Cor. 13:8-10). The contrast is between revelation in parts (as the Spirit revealed it) and the completion of God’s revelation. It is not between partial revelation and a perfect person. Jesus came as our Apostle and High Priest (Heb. 3:1). He proved His claim by His miracles (Jn. 10:37,38). We do not need Christ on earth to prove that He was God with us (Mt. 1:23). Likewise, the apostles had miraculous power to reveal and confirm the gospel (Mk. 16:16-20), and we do not need apostles and prophets to prove the message that has been revealed. When we look into "the perfect law of liberty" (Jas. 1:25), we know what we should do because it was confirmed by miracles.