Key Verse Spotlight
1 Corinthians 13:11 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. {thought: or, reasoned} {put away: Gr. vanish away}”
1 Corinthians 13:11
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. {done away: Gr. vanish away}
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. {thought: or, reasoned} {put away: Gr. vanish away}
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. {darkly: Gr. in a riddle}
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these {is} charity.
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