11 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 childish things.

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Tongues a Sign to Unbelievers

20 Brethren, (A)do not be children in understanding; however, in malice (B)be babes, but in understanding be mature.

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Sectarianism Is Carnal

And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to (A)babes in Christ. I fed you with (B)milk and not with solid food; (C)for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able;

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Sons and Heirs Through Christ

Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all,

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10 Therefore remove [a]sorrow from your heart,
And (A)put away evil from your flesh,
(B)For childhood and [b]youth are vanity.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 11:10 vexation
  2. Ecclesiastes 11:10 Prime of life

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