Berean Standard Bible
“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 aside childish ways.”
Paul is explaining why gifts like prophecy and knowledge are partial and temporary. In verse 10 he said that when completeness comes, the partial will pass away.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
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 aside childish ways.
World English Bible (WEB)
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.
King James Version (KJV)
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
American Standard Version (ASV)
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
When I was a child, I made use of a child's language, I had a child's feelings and a child's thoughts: now that I am a man, I have put away the things of a child.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;
Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Cuando yo era niño, hablaba como niño, pensaba como niño, juzgaba como niño; mas cuando ya fuí hombre hecho, dejé lo que era de niño.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Cuando yo era niño, hablaba, pensaba y razonaba como niño; pero cuando alcancé madurez en la vida, dejé a un lado las cosas de niño.
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