1 Corinthians 13:10-11

New International Version

¹⁰but when completeness comes,^(A) what is in part disappears. ¹¹When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood^(B) behind me.

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1 Corinthians 13:10-11

New King James Version

¹⁰But when that which is ^[a]perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.

¹¹When 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 childish things.

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1 Corinthians 13:10-11

New International Reader's Version

¹⁰But when what is complete comes, the things that are not complete will pass away. ¹¹When I was a child, I talked like a child. I thought like a child. I had the understanding of a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.

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1 Corinthians 13:10-11

The Message

^8-10Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit. We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete. But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled.

¹¹When I was an infant at my mother’s breast, I gurgled and cooed like any infant. When I grew up, I left those infant ways for good.

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