1 Corinthians 13:11
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 13:11 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 13:11 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "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 aw..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 13:11 — KJV
“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 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 13:11 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 13:11
“And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.”
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“And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.”
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“And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: a fit...: Heb. a man of opportunity”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 13:11: child, put, away
“And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.”
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“And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 13:11: child, spake, things
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