1 Corinthians 14:20

Appropriate Use Of Prophecy And Tongues

¹⁹ but in the church I would rather speak five words with my mind, to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue. ²⁰ Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; be infants in evil, but in thinking be mature. ²¹ In the law it is written, "By men of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord."

Little Child

Little Children

Romans 16:19

For your obedience has become known to all, so I am full of joy over you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.

Matthew 18:3

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

Hebrews 5:12-13

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of God's word. You need milk, not solid food;

1 Peter 2:2

Like newborn babes, long for the pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

1 Corinthians 2:6

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

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to babes.

Matthew 19:4

And he answered them, "Have you not read that he who made them at 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 little child will not enter it."

1 Corinthians 3:1-2

But I, brethren, could not address you as spiritual men, but as carnal men, as infants in Christ.

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 put childish ways behind me.

Ephesians 4:14-15

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 cunning of men, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming.

Philippians 1:9

And this is my prayer, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,

Philippians 3:15

Let those of us who are mature have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you.

Hebrews 6:1-3

Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

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.