<P> 11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things . 12 For now we see in a mirror, darkly, but then face to face . Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known . </P> <P> 13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love . </P> <P> This chapter of 1 Corinthians is one of many definitional sources for the word agape when used to refer to divine love . Introducing his homage to love in 1 Corinthians 12: 31, Paul describes agape as "a more excellent way". </P> <P> 1 Corinthians 13: 12 contains the phrase βλέπομεν γὰρ ἄρτι δι' ἐσόπτρου ἐν αἰνίγματι (blepomen gar arti di esoptrou en ainigmati), which was translated in the 1560 Geneva Bible as "For now we see through a glass darkly" (without a comma), which wording was used in the 1611 KJV, which added a comma before "darkly". This passage has inspired the titles of many works, with or without the comma . </P>

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