1 Corinthians 14:20

New Century Version

Brothers and sisters, do not think like children. In evil things be like babies, but in your thinking you should be like adults.

Cross References

Nehemiah 4:13

So I put people behind the lowest places along the wall—the open places—and I put families together with their swords, spears, and bows.

Psalm 119:99

I am wiser than all my teachers, because I think about your rules.

Isaiah 11:3

This king will be glad to obey the Lord. He will not judge by the way things look or decide by what he hears.

Jeremiah 4:22

The Lord says, “My people are foolish. They do not know me. They are stupid children; they don’t understand. They are skillful at doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the people who are wise and smart. But you have shown them to those who are like little children.

Matthew 18:3

Then he said, “I tell you the truth, you must change and become like little children. Otherwise, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:14

but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me. Don’t stop them, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to people who are like these children.”

Matthew 19:4

Jesus answered, “Surely you have read in the Scriptures: When God made the world, ‘he made them male and female.’

Mark 10:15

I tell you the truth, you must accept the kingdom of God as if you were a little child, or you will never enter it.”

Luke 18:17

I tell you the truth, you must accept the kingdom of God as if you were a child, or you will never enter it.”

Romans 1:13

Brothers and sisters, I want you to know that I planned many times to come to you, but this has not been possible. I wanted to come so that I could help you grow spiritually as I have helped the other non-Jewish people.

Romans 16:19

All the believers have heard that you obey, so I am very happy because of you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.

1 Corinthians 13:11

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 stopped those childish ways.

1 Corinthians 14:19

But in the church meetings I would rather speak five words I understand in order to teach others than thousands of words in a different language.

1 Corinthians 2:6

However, I speak a wisdom to those who are mature. But this wisdom is not from this world or from the rulers of this world, who are losing their power.

Ephesians 4:13

This work must continue until we are all joined together in the same faith and in the same knowledge of the Son of God. We must become like a mature person, growing until we become like Christ and have his perfection.

Philippians 1:9

This is my prayer for you: that your love will grow more and more; that you will have knowledge and understanding with your love;

Philippians 3:15

All of us who are spiritually mature should think this way, too. And if there are things you do not agree with, God will make them clear to you.

1 Peter 2:2

As newborn babies want milk, you should want the pure and simple teaching. By it you can mature in your salvation,

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory be to him now and forever! Amen.