1 Corinthians 14:20
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.”
παιδίον
Child, boy, little one. Paidion. Unless you turn and become like children you will never enter the kingdom. Childlike dependence and trust is the posture God honours most.
γίνομαι
do be
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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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φρήν
minds,
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φρήν
the midrif (as a partition of the body), i.e. (figuratively and by implication, of sympathy) the feelings (or sensitive nature; by extension (also in the plural) the mind or cognitive faculties)
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κακία
evil
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κακία
Depravity, malice, wickedness. Kakia. Paul commands believers to put it away along with anger and slander. It poisons from the inside out. Put it off.
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νηπιάζω
do be little children,
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νηπιάζω
Childlike innocence, infant simplicity. Nēpiázō. In malice be babes, but in understanding be mature. Innocence is not ignorance. Know where to be simple.
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τέλειος
full grown
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τέλειος
Perfect, complete, mature, full-grown. Teleios. Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect. Teleios means brought to its designed purpose. Maturity is becoming what God intended you to be.
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