10 But when the perfect comes,
the partial will come to an end.
11 When I was a child,
I spoke like a child,
I thought like a child,
I reasoned like a child.
When I became a man,
I put aside childish things.
12 For now we see indistinctly,[a] as in a mirror,[b]
but then face to face.(A)
Now I know in part,
but then I will know fully,(B)
as I am fully known.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 13:12 Or indirectly
  2. 1 Corinthians 13:12 Ancient mirrors were normally made out of polished metals and were not as clear as modern ones.

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