² Beloved, we are ^(A)God's children ^(B)now, and what we will be ^(C)has not yet appeared; but we know that ^(D)when he appears^{[a] (E)}we shall be like him, because ^(F)we shall see him as he is.

¹² For ^(A)now we see in a mirror dimly, but ^(B)then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as ^(C)I have been fully known.

¹⁷ Then we who are alive, who are left, will be ^(A)caught up together with them ^(B)in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so ^(C)we will always be with the Lord. ¹⁸ Therefore encourage one another with these words.