benthams.substack.com/p/god-exists
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as St. Paul says, for the first time, we’ll see each other face to face.
This line presents “we’ll see each other face to face” as something St. Paul said, but the cited Pauline wording (“face to face”) in 1 Corinthians 13:12 does not say we will see *each other* face to face; it contrasts our current partial perception/knowledge with future clarity (often described as seeing God/reality).
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The post frames a specific claim as a quotation-level attribution: that “as St. Paul says… we’ll see each other face to face.”
In 1 Corinthians 13:12, Paul does use the phrase “face to face,” but the verse does not say “see each other face to face.” Instead, it says (for example, NASB/NIV-style renderings): “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I will know fully…”. This is a contrast between present partial perception/knowledge and future directness/clarity, not a statement about seeing each other specifically.
So, while the author may be offering an interpretation or application, the specific wording “we’ll see each other face to face” is not something Paul actually says in that passage, making the attribution inaccurate as written.
2 sources
- Bible Hub — 1 Corinthians 13:12
“For now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully…”
- Bible Gateway — 1 Corinthians 13:12–13
“For now we see through a glass, darkly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; but then shall I know…”