20
Brothers,Ἀδελφοίdo notμὴbeγίνεσθεchildrenπαιδίαin your thinking,ταῖς φρεσίνbutἀλλὰin maliceτῇ κακίᾳbe infants,νηπιάζετεandδὲin your thinkingταῖς φρεσὶνbeγίνεσθεmature.τέλειοι
1 Corinthians 14:20
Study it in the app“Brothers, do not be children in your thinking, but in malice be infants, and in your thinking be mature.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 14:20, word by word
- BrothersἈδελφοίAdelphoi
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “Adelphoi” appears- beγίνεσθεginesthe
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “ginesthe” appears- childrenπαιδίαpaidia
child
A child of few years, boy or girl.
Where else “paidia” appears- in your thinkingφρεσίνphresin
thinking, understanding
Thinking, understanding, the way one thinks.
Where else “phresin” appears- in maliceκακίᾳkakiai
malice
The wish to do harm.
Where else “kakiai” appears- be infantsνηπιάζετεnēpiazete
be a child
Be a child, behave like a little child.
Where else “nēpiazete” appears- matureτέλειοιteleioi
mature
Grown-up, fully developed.
Where else “teleioi” appears
The context
19but in the assembly I would rather speak five words with my mind, so that I may also instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
20 · This verse (above)
21In the law it is written: By people of other tongues and by the lips of others I will speak to this people, and not even so will they listen to me, says the Lord.