I Corinthians 13:11
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When 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.
Commentaries
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When . . . a child-- (Co1 3:1; Co1 14:20). I spake--alluding to "tongues." understood--or, "had the sentiments of." Alluding to "prophecy." I thought--Greek "reasoned" or "judged"; alluding to "knowledge." when I became . . . I put away--rather, "now that I am become a man, I have done away with the things of the child."
Open source ↗In this chapter the apostle goes on to show more particularly what that more excellent way was of which he had just before been speaking. He recommends it, I. By showing the necessity and importance of it (Co1 13:1-3). II. By giving a description of its properties and fruits (Co1 13:4-7). III. By showing how much it excels the best of gifts and other graces, by its continuance, when they shall be no longer in being, or of any use (Co1 13:8 to the end).
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Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
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So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.