1 Corinthians 13:11
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”
φρονέω
To think, to have a mind, to set the mind on. Phroneo. Set your minds on things above. You choose what you think about. Deliberately set your mind on the things of God each day.
γίνομαι
I became
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γίνομαι
To become, to come into being, to happen. Ginomai. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. What is true in heaven is meant to become true on earth through prayer.
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καταργέω
I have done away with
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καταργέω
To render ineffective, to abolish, to destroy. Katargeo. He who had the power of death that is the devil was destroyed. The work of the devil has been undone by Christ.
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ὅτε
When
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ὅτε
When, at the time when, after. When the fullness of time had come God sent His Son. God's timing is always right. He never acts too early or too late.
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λαλέω
I was speaking
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λαλέω
To speak, to talk, to utter. He spoke and it was done. The word of God is not silent. It is always speaking.
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νήπιος
a child,
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νήπιος
not speaking, i.e. an infant (minor); figuratively, a simple-minded person, an immature Christian
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λογίζομαι
I was reasoning
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λογίζομαι
to take an inventory, i.e. estimate (literally or figuratively)
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εἰμί
I was
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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