1 Corinthians 13:11

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I thought as a child, I reasoned as a child: but when I grew a man, I put away childish things.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 that which is perfect cometh, then that which is in part shall be done away.

12For now we see by reflected light, indistinctly; but then face to face: now I know partially; but then shall I know even as I am known.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 3:1AND I, brethren, have been unable to speak to you as unto spiritual men, but as to carnal, even as to babes in Christ.

Galatians 4:1NOW I affirm, that as long as the heir is an infant, he differeth nothing from a servant, though he be master of all;

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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