2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
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Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)The apostle, having shown the dignity of Christ’s faithful followers, that they are born of him and thereby nearly allied to God, now here, I. Breaks forth into the admiration of that grace that is the spring of such a wonderful vouchsafement: Behold (see you, observe) what manner of love , or how great love, the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called , effectually called (he who c…
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