1 Corinthians 13:11

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
  • 1 Cor 3:1-2 : 1 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.
  • Gal 4:1 : 1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
  • Eccl 11:10 : 10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

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