1 Corinthians 14:20

In 9 translations

BSB

Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

KJV

Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

WEB

Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.

ASV

Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.

LSV

Brothers, do not become children in the understanding, but in the evil be children, and in the understanding become perfect;

YLT

Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;

DBY

Brethren, be not children in [your] minds, but in malice be babes; but in [your] minds be grown [men].

DRC

Brethren, do not become children in sense: but in malice be children, and in sense be perfect.

GNV

Brethren, be not children in vnderstanding, but as concerning maliciousnes be children, but in vnderstanding be of a ripe age.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

Ἀδελφοί, μὴ παιδία γίνεσθε ταῖς φρεσίν, ἀλλὰ τῇ κακίᾳ νηπιάζετε, ταῖς δὲ φρεσὶν τέλειοι γίνεσθε.

RP2018

Ἀδελφοί, μὴ παιδία γίνεσθε ταῖς φρεσίν· ἀλλὰ τῇ κακίᾳ νηπιάζετε, ταῖς δὲ φρεσὶν τέλειοι γίνεσθε.

TR-Boyd

Ἀδελφοί, μὴ παιδία γίνεσθε ταῖς φρεσίν· ἀλλὰ τῇ κακίᾳ νηπιάζετε, ταῖς δὲ φρεσὶ τέλειοι γίνεσθε.

SCR1894

αδελφοι μη παιδια γινεσθε ταις φρεσιν αλλα τη κακια νηπιαζετε ταις δε φρεσιν τελειοι γινεσθε

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Peter 2:2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
• 1 Corinthians 13:11When 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.
• Romans 16:19Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.
• Matthew 18:3“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
• 2 Peter 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
• Ephesians 4:14–15Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in…
• 1 Corinthians 2:6Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
• Philippians 1:9And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
• Mark 10:15Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
• Philippians 3:15All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well.
• Psalms 119:99I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
• Hebrews 5:12–13Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food! For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the…
• Hebrews 6:1–3Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God, instruction about baptisms, the laying on of…
• Isaiah 11:3And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
• Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
• 1 Corinthians 3:1–2Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,

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