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Where is “When I was a child, I spoke as a child” in the Bible?
“When I was a child, I spoke as a child” is 1 Corinthians 13:11. Paul writes it to the church in Corinth, in his chapter on love.
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It is 1 Corinthians 13:11.
Yes, it is in the Bible.
Paul writes it to the church in Corinth, in his chapter on love.
The verse
When I was a little child, I used to talk like a little child, think like a little child, and reason like a little child. Now that I have become a man, I have set aside the ways of childhood.
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What it means there
Paul compares what we know now to childhood. Prophecy and knowledge are partial and will be set aside, the way an adult sets aside a child’s ways. Love is what stays.
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Where is “When I was a child, I spoke as a child” in the Bible?
“When I was a child, I spoke as a child” is 1 Corinthians 13:11. English Bibles word this verse in different ways. The Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, is quoted here. Paul writes it to the church in Corinth, in his chapter on love.
Is “When I was a child, I spoke as a child” in the Bible?
Yes. It is 1 Corinthians 13:11. In the Lumin Translation, 1 Corinthians 13:11 reads: “When I was a little child, I used to talk like a little child, think like a little child, and reason like a little child. Now that I have become a man, I have set aside the ways of childhood.”
Who said “When I was a child, I spoke as a child”?
Paul writes it to the church in Corinth, in his chapter on love.
What does “When I was a child, I spoke as a child” mean in the Bible?
Paul compares what we know now to childhood. Prophecy and knowledge are partial and will be set aside, the way an adult sets aside a child’s ways. Love is what stays.
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