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10 but when the complete[a] thing comes, the thing in part will be set-aside. 11 When I was a child, I was speaking like a child, thinking like a child, counting[b] like[c] a child— when I have become[d] a man, I have set-aside the things of the child. 12 For now we are seeing through[e] a mirror, in an enigma[f]— but then face to face. Now I know in part— but then I will know-fully, just as I also was fully-known.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 13:10 That is, in contrast to ‘in part’. Or, perfect, mature, having attained its end or purpose.
  2. 1 Corinthians 13:11 Or, calculating, evaluating.
  3. 1 Corinthians 13:11 That is, with partial understanding.
  4. 1 Corinthians 13:11 That is, attained the state of manhood. Paul is comparing the two states.
  5. 1 Corinthians 13:12 Or, with, by means of.
  6. 1 Corinthians 13:12 That is, in a form that is imperfectly seen, indistinctly reflected, as by a primitive polished-metal mirror.

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