1 Corinthians 13:11
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When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.
In other translations
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.
Greek words
ὅτεhoteWhenG3753ἤμηνēmēnI wasG1510νήπιος,nēpiosa child,G3516ἐλάλουνelalounI was speakingG2980ὡςhōslikeG5613νήπιος,nēpiosa child,G3516ἐφρόνουνephronounI was thinkingG5426ὡςhōslikeG5613νήπιος,nēpiosa child,G3516ἐλογιζόμηνelogizomēnI was reasoningG3049ὡςhōslikeG5613νήπιος·nēpiosa child;G3516ὅτεhotewhenG3753δὲdenowG1161γέγοναgegonaI becameG1096ἀνήρ,anēra man,G435κατήργηκαkatērgēkaI have done away withG2673τὰtathe [things]G3588τοῦtouof theG3588νηπίου.nēpiouchild.G3516
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Related verses
- 1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
- 1 Corinthians 3:1-21 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.1 Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ. 2 I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
- Galatians 4:1Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.
- Ecclesiastes 11:10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
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