1 Corinthians 13:11

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I understood like a child, I thought like a child. But when I became a man, I put aside the things of a child.

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In The King James 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.

In Context

10But when the perfect arrives, the imperfect passes away.

12Now we see through a glass darkly. But then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know, even as I am known.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 3:1And so, brothers, I was not able to speak to you as if to those who are spiritual, but rather as if to those who are carnal. For you are like infants in Christ.

Galatians 4:1But I say that, during the time an heir is a child, he is no different from a servant, even though he is the owner of everything.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 13:9-13

Charity Commended. ( a. d. 57.) 8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 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. 11 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,… Read the whole commentary →

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