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12 For now we are looking in a mirror that gives only a dim (blurred) reflection [of reality as [a]in a riddle or enigma], but then [when perfection comes] we shall see in reality and face to face! Now I know in part (imperfectly), but then I shall know and understand [b]fully and clearly, even in the same manner as I have been [c]fully and clearly known and understood [[d]by God].

13 And so faith, hope, love abide [faith—conviction and belief respecting man’s relation to God and divine things; hope—joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation; love—true affection for God and man, growing out of God’s love for and in us], these three; but the greatest of these is love.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 13:12 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  2. 1 Corinthians 13:12 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  3. 1 Corinthians 13:12 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  4. 1 Corinthians 13:12 Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Holy Bible.

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