1 Corinthians 13:11

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;

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;
  • 1 Cor 3:1-2 : 1 And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly -- as to babes in Christ; 2 with milk I fed you, and not with meat, for ye were not yet able, but not even yet are ye now able,
  • Gal 4:1 : 1 And I say, so long time as the heir is a babe, he differeth nothing from a servant -- being lord of all,
  • Eccl 11:10 : 10 And turn aside anger from thy heart, And cause evil to pass from thy flesh, For the childhood and the age `are' vanity!

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    1And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly -- as to babes in Christ;

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