20Brethren, do not become children in sense: but in malice be children, and in sense be perfect.


In Context

17 For thou indeed givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

18 I thank my God I speak with all your tongues.

19 But in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also; than ten thousand words in a tongue.

20 Brethren, do not become children in sense: but in malice be children, and in sense be perfect.

21 In the law it is written: In other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people; and neither so will they hear me, saith the Lord.

22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to believers, but to unbelievers; but prophecies not to unbelievers, but to believers.

1 Corinthians 14:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:20Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:20Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:20Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:20Brethren, be not children in your minds, but in malice be babes; but in your minds be grown men.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:20Brethren, be not children in mind: howbeit in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:20Brethren, be not children in understanding: yet in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:20Brothers, don't be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:20Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:20Brothers, be not children in understanding: however, in malice be you children, but in understanding be men.