12Now we see but a poor 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.


In Context

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

10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.

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 put childish ways behind me.

12 Now we see but a poor 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.

1st Corinthians 13:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:12For 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:12We see now through a glass in a dark manner; but then face to face. Now I know I part; but then I shall know even as I am known.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:12For 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:12For we see now through a dim window obscurely, but then face to face; now I know partially, but then I shall know according as I also have been known.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:12For 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:12For 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:12For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:12for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:12For 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.