1 Corinthians 13:11

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;

Young's Literal Translation

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

10and when that which is perfect may come, then that which [is] in part shall become useless.

12for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known;

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 3:1And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly — as to babes in Christ;

Galatians 4:1And I say, so long time as the heir is a babe, he differeth nothing from a servant — being lord 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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