Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.
WEB
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
YLT
Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;
DBT
Brethren, be not children in [your] minds, but in malice be babes; but in [your] minds be grown [men].
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New Testament1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.
- Author
- Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
- Date
- c. AD 55, from Ephesus