1 Corinthians 13:12

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For now we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
  • 1 John 3:2 : 2 Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever it is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.
  • 1 Cor 13:9-9 : 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part, 10 but when what is perfect comes, the partial will be set aside.
  • Phil 3:12 : 12 Keep Going Forward Not that I have already attained this– that is, I have not already been perfected– but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me.
  • Jas 1:23 : 23 For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.
  • Matt 5:8 : 8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
  • Num 12:8 : 8 With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”
  • 2 Cor 5:7 : 7 for we live by faith, not by sight.
  • 1 Cor 8:3 : 3 But if someone loves God, he is known by God.
  • Gen 32:30 : 30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining,“Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.”
  • Exod 33:11 : 11 The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, the way a person speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his servant, Joshua son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the tent.
  • Matt 18:10 : 10 The Parable of the Lost Sheep“See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
  • John 10:15 : 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father– and I lay down my life for the sheep.
  • Rom 8:18 : 18 For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the coming glory that will be revealed to us.
  • Rev 22:4 : 4 and they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

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    8Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside.

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    10but when what is perfect comes, the partial will be set aside.

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  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God’s children– and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

    2Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever it is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.

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    1Food Sacrificed to Idols With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that“we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

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    10God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

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