Verse 12
12. Through a glass Not through a transparent glass, as window glass, but through or in a mirror. The word through is used because the objects seen in a mirror seem to be back of it, and we to look through the glass. The mirrors of antiquity were made not of glass, but of polished metal; and hence the image was seen darkly.
Darkly Literally, in enigma. We can no more clearly understand the realities of eternity than childhood can understand the experiences of manhood. No words, however plain, can make him realize them as they really are. And so, to us, heaven and eternity are problems and mysteries, illustrated only by analogies which after all are enigmas.
Face to face By direct, clear sight; not in mirror and enigma. As…
known As I was known by God in my earthly existence, just so in eternity shall I, with perfect exactness, know the realities.
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