1st Corinthians Chapter 14 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV 1stCorinthians 14:20

Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.
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BBE 1stCorinthians 14:20

My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.
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DARBY 1stCorinthians 14:20

Brethren, be not children in [your] minds, but in malice be babes; but in [your] minds be grown [men].
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KJV 1stCorinthians 14:20

Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
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WBT 1stCorinthians 14:20


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WEB 1stCorinthians 14:20

Brothers, don't be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.
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YLT 1stCorinthians 14:20

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - Be not children in understanding; rather, in your minds. Your tendency to overvalue glossolaly shows you to be somewhat childish. It is remarkable that this is the only verse of the New Testament in which the common Greek word "mind" (phren) occurs. Howbeit in malice be ye children; better, but in wickedness be babes. The Authorized Version misses the climax involved in the change of the word. The Christian should always be childlike (Matthew 11:25; Matthew 19:4), but never childish (1 Corinthians 13:11; Ephesians 4:14). Be men; rather, become or prove yourselves full-grown; literally, perfect.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Howbeit in malice be ye children.--Better, however in evil be ye infants. There are three grades spoken of here in the original--infants, children, full-grown men. Their conduct in exalting these "tongues," against which he has been warning them, is a proof that they are yet children in knowledge. They ought to be full-grown; the only thing in which they ought to be children is evil, and in that they cannot be too young, too inexperienced; they should be merely "infants." (A similar thought occurs in 1Corinthians 2:6; 1Corinthians 3:1; 1Corinthians 13:10-11.)