1 Corinthians 13:11
When I was a child, I made use of a child's language, I had a child's feelings and a child's thoughts: now that I am a man, I have put away the things of a child.
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- 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.
- 1 Cor 3:1-2 : 1 And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ. 2 I gave you milk and not meat, because you were, then, unable to take it, and even now you are not able;
- Gal 4:1 : 1 But I say that as long as the son is a child, he is in no way different from a servant, though he is lord of all;
- Eccl 11:10 : 10 So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.
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