1 Corinthians 14:20

Greek	Ἀδελφοί, μὴ παιδία γίνεσθεplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγίνομαι greek Meaning * To Become * To Come into being * Generate * To Happen * Brought to pass Verb. Different from εἰμί (which means “to be” - a state of existence); γίνομαι, instead, emphasizes coming to be - a transition or event.John 1:14John 1:3Matthew 6:10 ταῖςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article φρεσίν, ἀλλὰ τῇplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article κακίᾳ νηπιάζετε, ταῖςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ greek δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English. φρεσὶν τέλειοι γίνεσθε.plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγίνομαι greek Meaning * To Become * To Come into being * Generate * To Happen * Brought to pass Verb. Different from εἰμί (which means “to be” - a state of existence); γίνομαι, instead, emphasizes coming to be - a transition or event.John 1:14John 1:3Matthew 6:10
ESV	Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
NIV	Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.
NLT	Dear brothers and sisters, don't be childish in your understanding of these things. Be innocent as babies when it comes to evil, but be mature in understanding matters of this kind.
KJV	Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

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