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.
KJV
Greek original
βλέπομεν γὰρ ἄρτι δι’ ἐσόπτρου ἐν αἰνίγματι τότε δὲ πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον ἄρτι γινώσκω ἐκ μέρους τότε δὲ ἐπιγνώσομαι καθὼς καὶ ἐπεγνώσθην
Louis Segond 1910
Aujourd'hui nous voyons au moyen d'un miroir, d'une manière obscure, mais alors nous verrons face à face; aujourd'hui je connais en partie, mais alors je connaîtrai comme j'ai été connu.
KJV
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.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ce, as appears from the words: "We see now in a glass and in a dark manner, but then face to face" ( 1 Cor. 13:12 ). Objection 2: Further, the Lord said to Moses: "I speak to him mouth to mouth, and plainly, and not by riddles and figures doth he see the Lord" ( Num. 12:8 ); but…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
pears that an angel cannot know God by his natural principles. Objection 3: Further, it is written ( 1 Cor. 13:12 ): "We see now through a glass in a dark manner; but then face to face." From this it appears that there is a twofold knowledge of God; the one, whereby He is seen in…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
te, with the advent of which the present state will be done away as expressed in that very passage ( 1 Cor. 13:12 ): "We see now through a glass in a dark manner; but then face to face." Reply to Objection 2: As Augustine says (Contra Faust. xix, 31), Montanus and Priscilla prete…
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