For now we see in a mirror dimly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
God does not have a face, of course. Paul uses this image to denote greater clarity and perspicuity. Someone sitting in the darkness at night will not run after the light of the sun as long as he cannot see it. But when the dawn comes and the sun’s brightness begins to shine on him, he will eventually follow after its light.
