<Li> What we see now is like a dim image in a mirror (Good News Bible) </Li> <P> Paul's usage is in keeping with rabbinic use of the term אספקלריה (aspaklaria), a borrowing from the Latin specularia . This has the same ambiguous meaning, although Adam Clarke concluded that it was a reference to specularibus lapidibus, clear polished stones used as lenses or windows . One way to preserve this ambiguity is to use the English cognate, speculum . Rabbi Judah ben Ilai (2nd century) was quoted as saying "All the prophets had a vision of God as He appeared through nine specula" while "Moses saw God through one speculum ." The Babylonian Talmud states similarly "All the prophets gazed through a speculum that does not shine, while Moses our teacher gazed through a speculum that shines ." </P> <P> There are other passages from 1 Corinthians 13 which have been notably influential . </P> <P> Perhaps the most significant portion of 1 Corinthians 13 is the revered passage that defines love and indicates how Christians should love others . </P>

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