1 Corinthians 13:11, 1 Corinthians 14:20, 2 Peter 1:1-6, Ephesians 4:25-32, Hebrews 5:14 NIV1984

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 13:11

The babe and the man. The half informed and the immature in character are sometimes puffed up with conceit and pride; whilst humility often comes with a higher wisdom and a riper experience. The Corinthians were crude and unformed; the apostle was enlightened and inspired; yet they were puffed up with spiritual pride, whilst he was lowly in heart and free from arrogance. Hence this language, which is poetry and piety at once. I. THE LITERAL FACT OF HUMAN NATURE AND LIFE ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:11

When I was a child - The idea here is, that the knowledge which we now have, compared with that which we shall have in heaven, is like that which is possessed in infancy compared with that we have in manhood; and that as, when we advance in years, we lay aside, as unworthy of our attention, the views, feelings, and plans which we had in boyhood, and which we then esteemed to be of so great importance, so, when we reach heaven, we shall lay aside the views, feelings, and plans which we have in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 13:11-12

1 Corinthians 13:11-12. When I was a child, &c. The difference between our present and future conceptions of spiritual things may be illustrated by the knowledge of a child compared to that of a man. For in our present state, we are mere infants in knowledge, in comparison of what we shall be hereafter. I spake as a child Would naturally do, words hardly intelligible, and often unmeaning; I understood Or was affected, as εφρονουν may be rendered; as a child That is, thrown into... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Love is greater than the gifts (13:1-13)The Corinthians were impressed with people who exercised the more spectacular gifts. Paul reminds them that no matter what gifts they have - tongues, prophecy, wisdom, knowledge, faith - if they lack love they are not merely unimportant, they are nothing (13:1-2). People may be so generous with their goods and money that in the end they themselves become poor. They may be so faithful to their duty that they sacrifice their lives. But without love they... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 13:11

child . App-108 . thought = reasoned. Greek. logizomai. put away = did away with. Greek. katargeo, as in verses: 1 Corinthians 13:8 , 1 Corinthians 13:10 . childish things = the things of a child. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:11

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as s child; now, that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.Can this be anything if not a suggestion that the Corinthians should stop being children and grow up? In case any of them might have missed the point, he added a bit later, "Brethren, be not children in mind" (1 Corinthians 14:20). Furthermore, the admonition was given in the same breath with Paul's statement that five intelligible words were worth more... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:11

1 Corinthians 13:11. When I was a child— "The future shall indeed be like a state of adult age, when compared with that of feeble infancy; just as when I was a child, I spake as a child would naturally do, a few imperfect words, hardly at first articulate and intelligible, and often in themselves unmeaning. I wasaffected as a child;thrown into transports of joy or grief upon trifling occasions, which manly reason soon taught me to despise. I reasoned as a child, in a weak, inconclusive, and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:11

11. When . . . a child— (1 Corinthians 3:1; 1 Corinthians 14:20). I spake—alluding to "tongues." understood—or, "had the sentiments of." Alluding to "prophecy." I thought—Greek "reasoned" or "judged"; alluding to "knowledge." when I became . . . I put away—rather, "now that I am become a man, I have done away with the things of the child." read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 13:8-13

The permanence of love 13:8-13Paul moved on to point out that Christian love (agape) characterizes our existence now and forever, but gifts (charismata) are only for the present. The Corinthians were apparently viewing the gifts as one evidence that they were already in the eschatological stage of their salvation. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 13:11

Paul compared our present phase of maturity to childhood and that of our later phase, when we are with the Lord, to adulthood. It is characteristic of children to preoccupy themselves with things of very temporary value. Likewise the Corinthians took great interest in the things that would pass away soon, namely, knowledge, tongues, and prophecy. A sign of spiritual maturity is occupation with things of eternal value such as love. Again Paul was stressing the difference between the present and... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 13:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 13:11-12

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 13:11

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:11

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:11

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 13:8-13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 13:11

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