1 Corinthians 13:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me.

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  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled face giving back as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord who is the Spirit.
  • 1 John 3:2 : 2 My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.
  • 1 Cor 13:9-9 : 9 For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true: 10 But when that which is complete is come, then that which is in part will be no longer necessary.
  • Phil 3:12 : 12 Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.
  • Jas 1:23 : 23 Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass;
  • Matt 5:8 : 8 Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.
  • Num 12:8 : 8 With him I will have talk mouth to mouth, openly and not in dark sayings; and with his eyes he will see the form of the Lord: why then had you no fear of saying evil against my servant Moses?
  • 2 Cor 5:7 : 7 (For we are walking by faith, not by seeing,)
  • 1 Cor 8:3 : 3 But if anyone has love for God, God has knowledge of him.
  • Gen 32:30 : 30 And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.
  • Exod 33:11 : 11 And the Lord had talk with Moses face to face, as a man may have talk with his friend. And when Moses came back to the tents, his servant, the young man Joshua, the son of Nun, did not come away from the Tent.
  • Matt 18:10 : 10 Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.
  • John 10:15 : 15 Even as the Father has knowledge of me and I of the Father; and I am giving my life for the sheep.
  • Rom 8:18 : 18 I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.
  • Rev 22:4 : 4 And they will see his face; and his name will be on their brows.

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    8 Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.

    9 For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true:

    10 But when that which is complete is come, then that which is in part will be no longer necessary.

    11 When I was a child, I made use of a child's language, I had a child's feelings and a child's thoughts: now that I am a man, I have put away the things of a child.

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    1 See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

    2 My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

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    1 Now about things offered to images: we all seem to ourselves to have knowledge. Knowledge gives pride, but love gives true strength.

    2 If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;

    3 But if anyone has love for God, God has knowledge of him.

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    9 But as it says in the holy Writings, Things which the eye saw not, and which had not come to the ears or into the heart of man, such things as God has made ready for those who have love for him.

    10 But God has given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into all things, even the deep things of God.

    11 For who has knowledge of the things of a man but the spirit of the man which is in him? in the same way, no one has knowledge of the things of God but the Spirit of God.

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    5 For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

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