I Corinthians 14:20
“Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 I Corinthians 14:20 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
My friends, do not show yourselves children in understanding. In wickedness be infants, but in understanding show yourselves adults.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Brüder, werdet nicht Kinder am Verstande, sondern an der Bosheit seid Unmündige, am Verstande aber werdet Erwachsene.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Hermanos, no seáis niños en el sentido, sino sed niños en la malicia: empero perfectos en el sentido.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Irmãos, não sejais meninos no entendimento, mas sede meninos na malícia, e adultos no entendimento.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Irmãos, não sejais crianças em vosso pensar. Particularmente, quanto ao mal, sede como criancinhas; mas em vosso pensar, sede maduros.
📖 I Corinthians 14:20 in Context
18I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
19Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
20Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
21In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
22Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
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