12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror;(A) then we shall see face to face.(B) Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.(C)

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12 For now we (A)see in a mirror [a]dimly, but then (B)face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I also (C)have been fully known.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 13:12 Lit in a riddle

12 For now [in this time of imperfection] we see in a mirror dimly [a blurred reflection, a riddle, an enigma], but then [when the time of perfection comes we will see reality] face to face. Now I know in part [just in fragments], but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known [by God].

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12 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.

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12 Now all we can see of God
is like a cloudy picture
    in a mirror.
Later we will see him
    face to face.
We don't know everything,
    but then we will,
just as God completely
    understands us.

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