1 Corinthians 14:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁰ Brethren, be not children in mind: howbeit in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Brethren, do not be children [immature] in your thinking; continue to be babes in [matters of] evil, but in your minds be mature [men].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²⁰ Brothers and sisters, don’t be like children in the way you think. Well, be babies when it comes to evil, but be adults in your thinking.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Brothers, do not choose to have the minds of children. Instead, be free of malice like infants, but be mature in your minds.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ Brethren, do not become children in sense: but in malice be children, and in sense be perfect.

1 Corinthians 14:20 Cross References

Nehemiah 4:13

Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, In the open places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Psalm 119:99

I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation.

Isaiah 11:3

And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

Jeremiah 4:22

For my people is foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Matthew 11:25

At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes:

Matthew 18:3

and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:14

But Jesus said, Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:4

And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he which made them from the beginning made them male and female,

Mark 10:15

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no wise enter therein.

Luke 18:17

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no wise enter therein.

Romans 1:13

And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.

Romans 16:19

For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I rejoice therefore over you: but I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple unto that which is evil.

1 Corinthians 13:11

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.

1 Corinthians 14:19

howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

1 Corinthians 2:6

Howbeit we speak wisdom among the perfect: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, which are coming to nought:

Ephesians 4:13

till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

Philippians 1:9

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;

Philippians 3:15

Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, even this shall God reveal unto you:

1 Peter 2:2

as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and for ever. Amen.