1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

Cross References (18)

  • 1 Peter 2:2 (15)

    Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

  • 1 Corinthians 13:11 (15)

    When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set a

  • Romans 16:19 (14)

    Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocen

  • Matthew 18:3 (10)

    “Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of hea

  • 2 Peter 3:18 (8)

    But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of

  • Ephesians 4:14–15 (8)

    Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the cle

  • 1 Corinthians 2:6 (8)

    Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who

  • Philippians 1:9 (7)

    And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

  • Philippians 3:15 (6)

    All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reve

  • Mark 10:15 (6)

    Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

  • Psalms 119:99 (5)

    I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.

  • Isaiah 11:3 (4)

    And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His

  • Hebrews 6:1–3 (4)

    Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of r

  • Matthew 11:25 (4)

    At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from

  • Hebrews 5:12–13 (4)

    Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You

  • 1 Corinthians 3:1–2 (3)

    Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.

  • Psalms 131:1–2 (2)

    A song of ascents. Of David. My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or

  • Matthew 19:4 (-1)

    Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’