1 Corinthians 13:11
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
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.
12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I reasoned as a child; when I became a man, I had done with what belonged to the child.
- BLB
- When I was a child, I was speaking like a child, I was thinking like a child, I was reasoning like a child; when I became a man, I have made null the [things] of the child.
- ÅB
- Da jeg var barn, talte jeg som et barn, tenkte jeg som et barn, dømte jeg som et barn; men da jeg ble mann, la jeg av det barnslige.
- OTB
- Da jeg var barn, talte jeg som et barn, tenkte som et barn, resonnerte som et barn; da jeg ble voksen, la jeg av det barnslige.
- B1930
- Da jeg var barn, talte jeg som et barn, tenkte jeg som et barn, dømte jeg som et barn; men da jeg blev mann, la jeg av det barnslige.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 14:20
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:1–2
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
Read in contextGalatians 4:1
Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
Read in contextEcclesiastes 11:10
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
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