1 Corinthians 14:20

King James Version (KJV)

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

Translations

1 Corinthians 14:20 - Amplified Bible

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

1 Corinthians 14:20 - American Standard Version

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

1 Corinthians 14:20 - Bible in Basic English

My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.

1 Corinthians 14:20 - Darby Bible

Brethren, be not children in [your] minds, but in malice be babes; but in [your] minds be grown [men].

1 Corinthians 14:20 - English Standard Version

Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.

1 Corinthians 14:20 - King James Version

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

1 Corinthians 14:20 - La Biblia de las Americas

Hermanos, no seáis niños en la manera de pensar; más bien, sed niños en la malicia, pero en la manera de pensar sed maduros.

1 Corinthians 14:20 - The Message

To be perfectly frank, I’m getting exasperated with your infantile thinking. How long before you grow up and use your head—your adult head? It’s all right to have a childlike unfamiliarity with evil; a simple no is all that’s needed there. But there’s far more to saying yes to something. Only mature and well-exercised intelligence can save you from falling into gullibility. It’s written in Scripture that God said,

   In strange tongues
      and from the mouths of strangers
   I will preach to this people,
      but they’ll neither listen nor believe.
So where does it get you, all this speaking in tongues no one understands? It doesn’t help believers, and it only gives unbelievers something to gawk at. Plain truth-speaking, on the other hand, goes straight to the heart of believers and doesn’t get in the way of unbelievers. If you come together as a congregation and some unbelieving outsiders walk in on you as you’re all praying in tongues, unintelligible to each other and to them, won’t they assume you’ve taken leave of your senses and get out of there as fast as they can? But if some unbelieving outsiders walk in on a service where people are speaking out God’s truth, the plain words will bring them up against the truth and probe their hearts. Before you know it, they’re going to be on their faces before God, recognizing that God is among you.

1 Corinthians 14:20 - New American Standard Bible

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

1 Corinthians 14:20 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Hermanos, no sean niños en la manera de pensar. Más bien, sean niños en la malicia, pero en la manera de pensar sean maduros.

1 Corinthians 14:20 - World English Bible

Brothers, don`t be children in mind, yet in malice be babies, but in mind be men.

1 Corinthians 14:20 - Young's Living Translation

Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;

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