1 Corinthians 13:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then I shall know just as I also am known.

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  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled faces beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
  • 1 John 3:2 : 2 Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
  • 1 Cor 13:9-9 : 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
  • Phil 3:12 : 12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.
  • Jas 1:23 : 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;
  • Matt 5:8 : 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
  • Num 12:8 : 8 'With him I will speak face to face, clearly, and not in dark speeches; and he will see the likeness of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?'
  • 2 Cor 5:7 : 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.
  • 1 Cor 8:3 : 3 But if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.
  • Gen 32:30 : 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
  • Exod 33:11 : 11 And the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he returned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.
  • Matt 18:10 : 10 Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I say to you, That in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
  • John 10:15 : 15 As the Father knows me, even so I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.
  • Rom 8:18 : 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
  • Rev 22:4 : 4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be on their foreheads.

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    11When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

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    1Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

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