1 Corinthians 14:20
World English Bible (WEB)
Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.
In context
18 I thank my God, I speak with other languages more than you all.
19 However, in the assembly I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in another language.
20 Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.
21 In the law it is written, “By men of strange languages and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people. They won’t even listen to me that way, says the Lord.”
22 Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe.
1 Corinthians 14:20 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.
- KJV King James Version
- Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Brethren, be not children in [your] minds, but in malice be babes; but in [your] minds be grown [men].
- WBS Webster Bible
- Brethren, be not children in understanding: yet in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.