1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see by reflected light, indistinctly; but then face to face: now I know partially; but then shall I know even as I am known.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

In Context

11When I was a child, I spake as a child, I thought as a child, I reasoned as a child: but when I grew a man, I put away childish things.

13But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greater of these is love.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

John 10:15As the Father knoweth me, so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

1 Corinthians 8:3But if any man love God, the same is known of him.

2 Corinthians 3:18And we all with face unveiled, beholding the glory of the Lord reflected as in a mirror, according to the same image, receive a transformation from glory into glory, as by the Lord, the Spirit.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 13:9-13

Charity Commended. ( a. d. 57.) 8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see through a glass,… Read the whole commentary →

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