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WhenὅτεI wasἤμηνa child,νήπιοςI spokeἐλάλουνlikeὡςa child,νήπιοςI thoughtἐφρόνουνlikeὡςa child,νήπιοςI reasonedἐλογιζόμηνlikeὡςa child;νήπιοςwhenὅτεI becameγέγοναa man,ἀνήρI did away withκατήργηκαthe thingsτὰof the child.τοῦ νηπίου
1 Corinthians 13:11
Study it in the app“When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I did away with the things of the child.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 13:11, word by word
- I wasἤμηνēmēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēmēn” appears- a childνήπιοςnēpios
child
A child of very young age, still dependent on others.
Where else “nēpios” appears- I spokeἐλάλουνelaloun
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “elaloun” appears- I thoughtἐφρόνουνephronoun
think
To have a certain outlook.
Where else “ephronoun” appears- I reasonedἐλογιζόμηνelogizomēn
consider
To think that something is so.
Where else “elogizomēn” appears- I becameγέγοναgegona
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “gegona” appears- a manἀνήρanēr
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “anēr” appears- I did away withκατήργηκαkatērgēka
be done away
To come to an end, or stop having power over someone.
Where else “katērgēka” appears
The context
10but when the complete comes, what is in part will be done away with.
11 · This verse (above)
12For now we see through a mirror, in a riddle, but then we will see face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also was fully known.