1 Corinthians 13:11 meaning and explanation
When 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 set aside childish ways.
1 Corinthians 13:11, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul is writing to a divided church in Corinth that prized spectacular spiritual gifts, and in this chapter he shows that love outlasts them all. Here he uses his own growth as a picture: a child's speech, thinking and reasoning are fitting for a child, but maturity puts childish things aside.
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