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Learn the meaning and origin of the phrase 'through a glass darkly' from the First Epistle to the Corinthians. It describes the imperfect vision of God that Christians have on earth and the perfect vision they will have in heaven.
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.
"Through a glass, darkly" 1 Corinthians 13:12 contains the phrase βλέπομεν γὰρ ἄρτι δι' ἐσόπτρου ἐν αἰνίγματι , blepomen gar arti di esoptrou en ainigmati , which was translated in the 1560 Geneva Bible as "For now we see through a glass darkly" (without a comma).
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. Weymouth New Testament For the present we see things as if in a mirror, and are puzzled; but then we shall see them face to face.
12 For now we see through a glass darkly: but then shall we see face to face. Now I know in part: but then shall I know even as I am known. 13 [ c ] And now abideth faith, hope and love, even these three: but the chiefest of these is love.
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.
This verse compares the current state of knowing God to seeing through a mirror dimly, and the future state of knowing God to seeing face to face. See different translations and interpretations of the phrase "through a glass darkly" in this verse.
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