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


In Context

17 for thou, indeed, dost give thanks well, but the other is not built up!

18 I give thanks to my God — more than you all with tongues speaking —

19 but in an assembly I wish to speak five words through my understanding, that others also I may instruct, rather than myriads of words in an unknown tongue.

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

21 in the law it hath been written, that, 'With other tongues and with other lips I will speak to this people, and not even so will they hear Me, saith the Lord;'

22 so that the tongues are for a sign, not to the believing, but to the unbelieving; and the prophesy is not for the unbelieving, but for the believing,

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:20Brethren, do not become children in sense: but in malice be children, and in sense be perfect.

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 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.