To see "through a glass"—a mirror—"darkly" is to have a hazy or imperfect view of reality. The phrase derives from the teachings of the Apostle Paul, who emphasizes that we do not see properly now, but shall at the end of time. He goes on to say that this should cause us to use wisdom in how we live now. There are several interpretations of this phrase. Some people think that it means that we cannot see everything clearly right now, but we will see things more clearly at the end of time. This shows that we should use our judgment and not just follow everyone else blindly. Another interpretation is that we can see objects clearly through a glass, but not people. So if someone looks good through a glass, they seem like an ordinary person from the outside, but on the inside they are not real. Finally, some people believe that this refers to looking into the future. They think that when Paul said we could see through a glass darkly, he meant that we could see what was going to happen many years from then, but not what was happening right now. In any case, this phrase has come to mean that we cannot see clearly now, but with patience and faith, we will see things become clear eventually.