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1 Corinthians 13:11

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

KJV

ὅτε ἤμην νήπιος, ἐλάλουν ὡς νήπιος, ἐφρόνουν ὡς νήπιος, ἐλογιζόμην ὡς νήπιος· ὅτε γέγονα ἀνήρ, κατήργηκα τὰ τοῦ νηπίου.

Greek NT

Cum essem parvulus, loquebar ut parvulus, sapiebam ut parvulus, cogitabam ut parvulus. Quando autem factus sum vir, evacuavi quæ erant parvuli.

Vulgate

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.

ASV

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But, when I became a man, I put away the things of a child.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καταργέω
katargeo
verb · 27×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
λογίζομαι
logizomai
verb · 40×
νήπιος
nepios
adjective · 14×
φρονέω
phroneo
verb · 27×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτε
ote
adverb · 100×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐλάλουν ὡς νήπιος ἐφρόνουν ὡς νήπιος ἐλογιζόμην ὡς νήπιος , , | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐλάλουν … ἐλογιζόμην ὡς νήπιος | RP: ὡς νήπιος ἐλάλουν … ἐλογιζόμην
  • ἐλάλουν ὡς νήπιος ἐφρόνουν ὡς νήπιος ἐλογιζόμην ὡς νήπιος , ,SBLGNT
  • ἐλάλουν … ἐλογιζόμην ὡς νήπιοςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὡς νήπιος ἐλάλουν … ἐλογιζόμηνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ὅτε | WH/Treg/NIV: ὅτε | RP: + δὲ
  • ὅτεSBLGNT
  • ὅτεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + δὲRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Chapter 29.—Of the Beatific Vision. And now let us consider, with such ability as God may vouchsafe, how the saints shall be employed when they are clothed in immortal and spiritual bodies, and when the flesh shall live no longer in a fleshly but a spiritual fashion. And indeed, to tell the truth, I am at a loss to understand the nature of that employment, or, shall I rather sa…
1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand. And when even had come His disciples came to Him, Matthew 14:15 that is, at the consummation of the age in regard to which we may fitly say what is found in the Epistle of John, It is the last hour. 1 John 2:18 They, not yet understanding what the Word was about to do, say to Him, The place is desert, Matthew 14:15 seeing the…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:1 — And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
  • 1Cor 14:20 — Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
  • 1Cor 14:20 — Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
  • 2Cor 5:17 — Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
  • Eccl 11:10 — Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
  • Gal 4:1 — Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
  • Heb 5:13 — For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.