1 Corinthians 14:20

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Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. Be like babies as far as evil is concerned, but in your thinking, be like adults.

Cross References

1 Peter 2:2

Like newborn babies, you should crave the pure milk of God’s word. It will help you grow up as believers.

Romans 16:19

But everyone has heard that you obey God, and that makes me very happy. I want you to be wise about what is good but not know anything about what is evil.

1 Corinthians 13:11

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, and I had the understanding of a child. But when I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.

Matthew 18:3

Jesus then said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you’ll never enter the kingdom of heaven.

1 Corinthians 2:6

However, when we speak to those who are mature in the faith, we do share our wisdom. But it’s not the wisdom of this world or its rulers, who are fading away.

2 Peter 3:18

So grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May he receive glory both now and forever. Amen.

Philippians 1:9

And so I pray that your love will grow more and more in knowledge and understanding.

Mark 10:15

Truly I tell you, anyone who doesn’t receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

Philippians 3:15

So all of us who are mature in the faith should see things this way. If you think differently about something, God will make that clear to you.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you’ve hidden these things from wise and educated people and shown them to little children.

Matthew 19:4

Jesus replied, “Haven’t you read that in the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female’?

Matthew 19:14

But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and don’t try to stop them, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to people like these.”

Luke 18:17

Truly I tell you, anyone who doesn’t receive God’s kingdom like a little child will never enter it.”

Romans 1:13

Brothers and sisters, I want you to know that I’ve planned many times to visit you. But until now, I’ve been kept from coming. My work has produced results among the other Gentiles, and in the same way, I want to see results among you.

1 Corinthians 14:19

But in the church, I’d rather speak five words in a language people can understand, in order to teach them, than 10,000 words in an unfamiliar language.

Ephesians 4:13

until we are all united in our faith and our knowledge of God’s Son and we become grown up, mature, and completely filled with Christ.