1 Corinthians 14:20

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Summary

1 Corinthians 14:20

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

Not

But

Psalm 119:99

Men

1 Corinthians 2:6

Philippians 3:15

General references

Job 34:2

1 Corinthians 10:15

Bible References

Not

And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ.

When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.

I have more insight than all my teachers,
For Your testimonies are my meditation.

And He will delight in the fear of the Lord,
And He will not judge by what His eyes see,
Nor make a decision by what His ears hear;

For the report of your obedience has reached to all; therefore I am rejoicing over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.

As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;

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

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the

elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.

Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to

maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,

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.

But

I have more insight than all my teachers,
For Your testimonies are my meditation.

Men

Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away;

Let us therefore, as many as are

perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you;

General references

“Hear my words, you wise men,
And listen to me, you who know.

I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say.