Bible verse

1 Corinthians 13:12

Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

1 Corinthians 13:12 · BSB

1 Corinthians 13:12 in context

The verses around it, from 1 Corinthians 13.

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.

9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part,

10 but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away.

11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.

12 Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13 And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.

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1 Corinthians 13:12 in other translations

KJV

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.

ASV

For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known.

ERV

For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I have been known.

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