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Verse-by-verse: v. 12 — "face to face" and "know fully even as I am fully known" point to the eschatological vision of God, not completion of Scripture; confirmed by 1 John 3:2 and 1 Cor 8:3.

Does This Verse Teach Cessationism? And a Bit On Bethel. 1 Cor 13_10-12 00:27:13 – 00:30:21

Winger's positive exegesis of v. 12, identifying "the perfect" with the second coming/resurrection state. He cross-references 1 John 3:2 and 1 Cor 8:3.

"Now we see in a mirror dimly; then face to face" — the "then" is linked to "when the perfect comes" in v. 10. Seeing God face-to-face is consistent with 1 John 3:2: "when he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is" — a relational/transformative eschatological event. 1 Cor 8:3 says "if anyone loves God he is known by God," which Paul picks up in 13:12: "then I shall know fully even as I have been fully known." Full knowing = the resurrection state, not the closed canon.

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