1 Corinthians 13:9-12

For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away. 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.

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7 songs meet this passage

  • “Grappling with prophecies they couldn't understand”

    We Don't Talk About Bruno · Carolina Gaitán - La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto - Cast

    resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:9-12

    The family's partial, fearful understanding of Bruno's gifts echoes how we all see dimly and misjudge what we don't fully grasp.

  • Landslide (Remastered) · Fleetwood Mac

    resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:11

    The natural passage from childhood to maturity she observes matches Paul's own reflection on growing up and putting away childish things.

  • “Hay que crecer a parte y volver”

    Dos Oruguitas · Sebastián Yatra

    resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:11

    Paul speaks of putting away childish things as part of maturing, echoing the song's call to grow apart in order to become who you're meant to be.

  • It Ain't Me (Tiësto's AFTR:HRS Remix) · Kygo & Selena Gomez

    resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:11

    There's a note of maturing past a destructive season, choosing memory over repeating old harm.

  • “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

    Paul describes seeing now 'through a glass, darkly' but then face to face, the same anticipation the song imagines.

  • “Now I'm here blinking in the starlight”

    I See the Light · Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi

    resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:12

    The shift from dim, obscured sight to clarity mirrors Paul's picture of seeing 'through a glass, darkly' before seeing face to face.

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