Study it in the app“For now we see through a mirror, in a riddle, but then we will see face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also was fully known.”
Forγὰρnowἄρτιwe seeβλέπομενthroughδι’a mirror,ἐσόπτρουinἐνa riddle,αἰνίγματιbutδὲthenτότεwe will seefaceπρόσωπονtoπρὸςface;πρόσωπονnowἄρτιI knowγινώσκωin part,ἐκ μέρουςbutδὲthenτότεI will know fullyἐπιγνώσομαιjust asκαθὼςI alsoκαὶwas fully known.ἐπεγνώσθην
now
Now, just now, at this moment.
Where else “arti” appearssee
To use the eyes to perceive something; also to look with intent.
Where else “blepomen” appearsmirror
Mirror: a polished metal surface in which one sees oneself.
Where else “esoptrou” appearsriddle, obscure image
Riddle: something seen or said in an obscure way.
Where else “ainigmati” appearsthen
Then, at that time.
Where else “tote” appearsface
The front of the head, where the eyes and the expression are seen.
Where else “prosōpon” appearsknow
To be truly acquainted with someone, or grasp something fully.
Where else “ginōskō” appearspart
A piece of a whole, or what falls to each one.
Where else “merous” appearsunderstand
To come to have something clear and sure in the mind, understand it fully.
Where else “epignōsomai” appearsMirrors of that time were made of polished metal and gave an unclear image.
11When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I did away with the things of the child.
12 · This verse (above)
13But now remain faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
