1 Corinthians 13:11

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{ "verseID": "1 Corinthians.13.11", "source": "Ὅτε ἤμην νήπιος, ὡς νήπιος ἐλάλουν, ὡς νήπιος ἐφρόνουν, ὡς νήπιος ἐλογιζόμην: ὅτε δέ γέγονα ἀνήρ, κατήργηκα τὰ τοῦ νηπίου.", "text": "When I was *nēpios*, as *nēpios* I *elaloun*, as *nēpios* I *ephronoun*, as *nēpios* I *elogizomēn*: when but I have *gegona* *anēr*, I have *katērgēka* the things of the *nēpiou*.", "grammar": { "*Hote*": "temporal conjunction - when", "*ēmēn*": "imperfect, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I was", "*nēpios*": "nominative, masculine, singular - child/infant", "*hōs*": "comparative particle - as/like", "*elaloun*": "imperfect, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I was speaking", "*ephronoun*": "imperfect, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I was thinking", "*elogizomēn*": "imperfect, middle, indicative, 1st person singular - I was reasoning", "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and", "*gegona*": "perfect, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I have become", "*anēr*": "nominative, masculine, singular - man/adult male", "*katērgēka*": "perfect, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I have put away/abolished", "*ta*": "accusative, neuter, plural article - the things", "*tou*": "genitive, masculine, singular article - of the", "*nēpiou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - child/infant" }, "variants": { "*nēpios*": "child/infant/minor/immature one", "*elaloun*": "was speaking/talking/uttering", "*ephronoun*": "was thinking/understanding/having in mind", "*elogizomēn*": "was reasoning/calculating/considering", "*gegona*": "have become/grown to be", "*anēr*": "man/adult male/mature person", "*katērgēka*": "have put away/abolished/done away with" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅτε ἤμην νήπιος, ὡς νήπιος ἐλάλουν, ὡς νήπιος ἐφρόνουν, ὡς νήπιος ἐλογιζόμην: ὅτε δέ γέγονα ἀνήρ, κατήργηκα τὰ τοῦ νηπίου.

Transliteration

When I was nēpios, as nēpios I elaloun, as nēpios I ephronoun, as nēpios I elogizomēn: when but I have gegona anēr, I have katērgēka the things of the nēpiou.

Grammar Details

• *Hote*: temporal conjunction - when
• *ēmēn*: imperfect, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I was
• *nēpios*: nominative, masculine, singular - child/infant
• *hōs*: comparative particle - as/like
• *elaloun*: imperfect, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I was speaking
• *ephronoun*: imperfect, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I was thinking
• *elogizomēn*: imperfect, middle, indicative, 1st person singular - I was reasoning
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *gegona*: perfect, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I have become
• *anēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - man/adult male
• *katērgēka*: perfect, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I have put away/abolished
• *ta*: accusative, neuter, plural article - the things
• *tou*: genitive, masculine, singular article - of the
• *nēpiou*: genitive, masculine, singular - child/infant

Word Meanings

• *nēpios*: child/infant/minor/immature one
• *elaloun*: was speaking/talking/uttering
• *ephronoun*: was thinking/understanding/having in mind
• *elogizomēn*: was reasoning/calculating/considering
• *gegona*: have become/grown to be
• *anēr*: man/adult male/mature person
• *katērgēka*: have put away/abolished/done away with

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I put the ways of childhood behind me.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  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.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  When I was a chylde I spake as a chylde I vnderstode as a childe I ymagened as a chylde. But assone as I was a man I put awaye childesshnes.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Whan I was a childe, I spake as a childe, I vnderstode as a childe, I ymagined as a childe. But as soone as I was a man, I put awaye childishnes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  When I was a childe, I spake as a childe, I vnderstoode as a childe, I thought as a childe: but when I became a man, I put away childish thinges.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  When I was a chylde, I spake as a childe, I vnderstode as a childe, I imagined as a chylde: But assoone as I was a man, I put away chyldishnesse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. But when I became an adult, I set aside childish ways.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 { "verseID": "1 Corinthians.14.20", "source": "Ἀδελφοί, μὴ παιδία γίνεσθε ταῖς φρεσίν: ἀλλὰ τῇ κακίᾳ νηπιάζετε, ταῖς δὲ φρεσὶν τέλειοι γίνεσθε.", "text": "*Adelphoi*, *mē* *paidia* *ginesthe* in-the *phresin*: *alla* in-the *kakia* *nēpiazete*, in-the *de* *phresin* *teleioi* *ginesthe*.", "grammar": { "*Adelphoi*": "vocative, masculine, plural - brothers/brethren", "*mē*": "negative particle - not [with imperative force]", "*paidia*": "nominative, neuter, plural - children", "*ginesthe*": "present imperative, 2nd plural - become/be", "*phresin*": "dative, feminine, plural - in minds/thinking/understanding", "*alla*": "strong adversative conjunction - but/rather/on the contrary", "*kakia*": "dative, feminine, singular - in evil/malice/wickedness", "*nēpiazete*": "present imperative, 2nd plural - be infants/childlike", "*de*": "postpositive particle - but/and/now [contrast]", "*phresin*": "dative, feminine, plural - in minds/thinking/understanding", "*teleioi*": "nominative, masculine, plural - mature/complete/perfect", "*ginesthe*": "present imperative, 2nd plural - become/be" }, "variants": { "*Adelphoi*": "brothers/brethren/siblings [members of the Christian community]", "*paidia*": "children/young ones", "*phresin*": "minds/thinking/understanding/mental faculties", "*kakia*": "evil/malice/wickedness/vice", "*nēpiazete*": "be infants/be childlike/be immature/be innocent", "*teleioi*": "mature/complete/perfect/full-grown" } }
• 1 Cor 3:1-2 : 1 { "verseID": "1 Corinthians.3.1", "source": "¶Καὶ ἐγώ, ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἠδυνήθην λαλῆσαι ὑμῖν ὡς πνευματικοῖς, ἀλλʼ ὡς σαρκικοῖς, ὡς νηπίοις ἐν Χριστῷ.", "text": "And *egō*, *adelphoi*, not was *ēdunēthēn* to *lalēsai* to you as *pneumatikois*, but as *sarkikois*, as *nēpiois* in *Christō*.", "grammar": { "*egō*": "personal pronoun, 1st person singular, nominative - I", "*adelphoi*": "masculine noun, plural, vocative - brothers", "*ēdunēthēn*": "aorist passive indicative, 1st person singular - I was able/could", "*lalēsai*": "aorist active infinitive - to speak", "*pneumatikois*": "adjective, masculine, dative, plural - spiritual ones", "*sarkikois*": "adjective, masculine, dative, plural - fleshly/carnal ones", "*nēpiois*": "noun, masculine, dative, plural - infants/babes", "*Christō*": "proper noun, masculine, dative, singular - Christ" }, "variants": { "*adelphoi*": "brothers/brethren/fellow believers", "*pneumatikois*": "spiritual ones/those governed by the Spirit", "*sarkikois*": "fleshly/carnal/worldly ones", "*nēpiois*": "infants/babes/immature ones" } } 2 { "verseID": "1 Corinthians.3.2", "source": "Γάλα ὑμᾶς ἐπότισα, καὶ οὐ βρῶμα: οὔπω γὰρ ἐδύνασθε, ἀλλʼ οὖτε ἔτι νῦν δύνασθε.", "text": "*Gala* you *epotisa*, and not *brōma*: not yet *gar* you were *edunasthe*, but neither *eti* now you are *dunasthe*.", "grammar": { "*Gala*": "noun, neuter, accusative, singular - milk", "*epotisa*": "aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - I gave to drink", "*brōma*": "noun, neuter, accusative, singular - solid food", "*gar*": "conjunction - for/because", "*edunasthe*": "imperfect middle indicative, 2nd person plural - you were able", "*eti*": "adverb - still/yet", "*dunasthe*": "present middle indicative, 2nd person plural - you are able" }, "variants": { "*Gala*": "milk/basic nourishment", "*brōma*": "solid food/meat/advanced teaching", "*epotisa*": "gave drink to/fed with liquid" } }
• Gal 4:1 : 1 { "verseID": "Galatians.4.1", "source": "¶Λέγω δέ, ἐφʼ ὅσον χρόνον ὁ κληρονόμος, νήπιός ἐστιν, οὐδὲν διαφέρει δούλου, κύριος πάντων ὤν·", "text": "I *legō* *de*, for as much *chronos* the *klēronomos*, *nēpios* *estin*, nothing *diapherei* from *doulos*, *kyrios* of all *ōn*", "grammar": { "*legō*": "present indicative active, 1st person singular - I say/speak", "*de*": "postpositive particle - but/and/now", "*chronos*": "accusative, masculine, singular - time/period", "*klēronomos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - heir", "*nēpios*": "nominative, masculine, singular - infant/minor/immature person", "*estin*": "present indicative, 3rd person singular - is", "*diapherei*": "present indicative active, 3rd person singular - differs/distinguishes", "*doulos*": "genitive, masculine, singular - slave/servant", "*kyrios*": "nominative, masculine, singular - lord/master/owner", "*ōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being" }, "variants": { "*legō*": "say/speak/tell", "*de*": "but/and/now (transitional)", "*chronos*": "time/duration/period", "*klēronomos*": "heir/inheritor", "*nēpios*": "infant/child/minor/immature person", "*diapherei*": "differs/distinguishes/excels", "*doulos*": "slave/servant/bondservant", "*kyrios*": "lord/master/owner", "*ōn*": "being/existing/while being" } }
• Eccl 11:10 : 10 { "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.11.10", "source": "וְהָסֵ֥ר כַּ֙עַס֙ מִלִּבֶּ֔ךָ וְהַעֲבֵ֥ר רָעָ֖ה מִבְּשָׂרֶ֑ךָ כִּֽי־הַיַּלְד֥וּת וְהַֽשַּׁחֲר֖וּת הָֽבֶל׃", "text": "And-*hāsēr* *kaʿas* from-*libbeḵā* and-*haʿăḇēr* *rāʿāh* from-*bĕśāreḵā* because-the-*yalḏûṯ* and-the-*šaḥărûṯ* *hāḇel*", "grammar": { "*hāsēr*": "hiphil imperative, masculine singular - remove/put away", "*kaʿas*": "noun, masculine singular - vexation/anger", "*libbeḵā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your heart", "*haʿăḇēr*": "hiphil imperative, masculine singular - cause to pass away/remove", "*rāʿāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - evil/bad", "*bĕśāreḵā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your flesh/body", "*yalḏûṯ*": "noun, feminine singular - childhood/youth", "*šaḥărûṯ*": "noun, feminine singular - dawn/prime of life", "*hāḇel*": "noun, masculine singular - vapor/breath/vanity" }, "variants": { "*hāsēr*": "remove/put away/turn aside", "*kaʿas*": "vexation/anger/grief", "*libbeḵā*": "your heart/mind/inner self", "*haʿăḇēr*": "remove/cause to pass away", "*rāʿāh*": "evil/misery/distress", "*bĕśāreḵā*": "your flesh/body/skin", "*yalḏûṯ*": "childhood/youth", "*šaḥărûṯ*": "dawn/blackness/prime of life", "*hāḇel*": "vapor/breath/vanity/meaninglessness" } }