1 Corinthians 13:11-12

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways. 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, even as I am fully known.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of 1 Corinthians 13

8 songs meet this passage

  • Arcade (feat. FLETCHER) · Duncan Laurence

    resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:11-12

    Losing illusions and seeing clearly, even painfully, is part of growing past a dim, partial way of seeing love.

  • Come Together · The Beatles

    strains against 1 Corinthians 13:11

    The song's playful, childlike wordplay is fun but offers no substance to grow on; Paul contrasts such things with maturity and lasting love.

  • “Hay que crecer a parte y volver”

    Dos Oruguitas · Sebastián Yatra

    resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:11

    Growth requires leaving behind old, childlike forms of togetherness to become who you were meant to be.

  • “there's a part of me that recognizes you”

    CHIHIRO · Billie Eilish

    resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:12

    The partial, dim recognition in the song echoes Paul's sense of knowing only in part, reaching for fuller understanding of someone obscured.

  • “When I walk by Your side”

    I Can Only Imagine · MercyMe

    resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:12

    Captures the same tension of partial sight now giving way to face-to-face knowledge of Christ.

  • “All will be revealed”

    Kashmir · Led Zeppelin

    resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:12

    The hope that mystery will one day clarify mirrors the promise of seeing fully what is now only glimpsed.

  • Reflection · Christina Aguilera

    resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:12

    The dim, confusing self-reflection mirrors Paul's image of seeing only a partial, clouded likeness of the truth now.

  • “And at last I see the light”

    I See the Light · Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi

    resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:12

    The shift from dim seeing to clear seeing recalls Paul's image of moving from partial knowledge to full recognition through love.

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