face to face

"For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known."
1 Corinthians 12:12

We come to know our (earthly)beloved's face better then they and they come to know ours better than we if we are not spending to much time in the mirror of self. Our other becomes the proper mirror that reflects us back to us and we to them. We "gaze" upon their face and they "gaze" upon our face.