1 Corinthians 14:20
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
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Study Note
Paul's exhortation 'be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men' creates a deliberate inversion of the child-adult analogy. Infancy is desirable in evil (nespiazete tei kakia — remain childlike in malice) but undesirable in understanding — pointing toward the integrated adult who combines moral innocence with cognitive maturity. The immediate context is the Corinthians' attachment to uninterpreted tongues — a preference for the experientially spectacular over the intelligible — which Paul characterizes as a form of intellectual underdevelopment. Matthew 18:3 ('unless you become like children') uses the child image positively for humility and trust, while Paul here uses it negatively for cognitive immaturity, showing the image requires contextual disambiguation.
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Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.
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My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.
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