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1 Corinthians 13:12 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 13 · verse 12
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.1 Corinthians 13:12 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 13:12 in context
10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
11When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12For 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.
13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
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Commentary
Cross references
- 1 John 3:2
- 2 Corinthians 3:18
- 1 Corinthians 13:9-10
- Philippians 3:12
- Revelation 22:4
- 2 Corinthians 5:7
- Matthew 5:8
- James 1:23
Key words (Strong's)
- throughdiathrough, of place, with, in, of time, throughout, during, of means, by, by the means of…G1223 →
- darklyenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- faceprosōponthe face, the front of the human head, countenance, look, the face so far forth as it is…G4383 →
- knowginōskōto learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel, to become known, to…G1097 →
- partmerosa part, a part due or assigned to one, lot, destiny, one of the constituent parts of a…G3313 →
- knowepiginōskōto become thoroughly acquainted with, to know thoroughly, to know accurately, know well…G1921 →
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Here the apostle goes on to commend charity, and show how much it is preferable to the gifts on which the Corinthians were so apt to pride themselves, to the utter neglect, and almost extinction, of charity. This he makes out, I. From its longer continuance and duration: Charity never faileth.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-13