1 Corinthians 14:20

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; be babes in evil, but in thinking be mature.

Cross References

Nehemiah 4:13

So in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in open places, I stationed the people according to 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. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide by what his ears hear;

Jeremiah 4:22

“For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are stupid children, they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but how to do good they know not.”

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus declared, “I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes;

Matthew 18:3

and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:14

but Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”

Matthew 19:4

He answered, “Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

Mark 10:15

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”

Luke 18:17

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”

Romans 1:13

I want you to know, brethren, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.

Romans 16:19

For while your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, I would have you wise as to what is good and guileless as to what is evil;

1 Corinthians 13:11

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I gave up childish ways.

1 Corinthians 14:19

nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind, in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

1 Corinthians 2:6

Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.

Ephesians 4:13

until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ;

Philippians 1:9

And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,

Philippians 3:15

Let those of us who are mature be thus minded; and if in anything you are otherwise minded, God will reveal that also to you.

1 Peter 2:2

Like newborn babes, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up to salvation;

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.