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1 Corinthians 14:20

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← 1 Corinthians 14:19	1 Corinthians 14:20 (KJV)	1 Corinthians 14:21 →
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that [by my voice] I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an [unknown] tongue.	Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.	In the law it is written, With [men of] other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Brethren^G80, be^G1096 not^G3361 children^G3813 in understanding^G5424: howbeit^G235 in malice^G2549 be ye children^G3515, but^G1161 in understanding^G5424 be^G1096 men^G5046.

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Original Greek

Ἀδελφοί, μὴ παιδία γίνεσθε ταῖς φρεσίν, ἀλλὰ τῇ κακίᾳ νηπιάζετε, ταῖς δὲ φρεσὶ τέλειοι γίνεσθε.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
Ἀδελφοί,	Adelphoi	G80	N-VPM	Brethren
μὴ	mē	G3361	PRT-N	not
παιδία	paidia	G3813	N-NPN	children
γίνεσθε	ginesthe	G1096	V-PNM-2P	be
ταῖς	tais	G3588	T-DPF	*
φρεσίν,	phresin	G5424	N-DPF	in understanding
ἀλλὰ	alla	G235	CONJ	howbeit
τῇ	tē	G3588	T-DSF	*
κακίᾳ	kakia	G2549	N-DSF	in malice
νηπιάζετε,	nēpiazete	G3515	V-PAM-2P	be ye children
ταῖς	tais	G3588	T-DPF	*
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ	but
φρεσὶ	phresi	G5424	N-DPF	in understanding
τέλειοι	teleioi	G5046	A-NPM	men
γίνεσθε.	ginesthe	G1096	V-PNM-2P	be

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G80 — ἀδελφός (adelphós, ad-el-fos'): a brother — from Α (as a connective particle) and (the womb); a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like Α):--brother.
• G235 — ἀλλά (allá, al-lah'): but, except — neuter plural of ἄλλος; properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations):--and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.
• G1096 — γίνομαι (gínomai, ghin'-om-ahee): I come into being, am born — a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.):--arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
• G1161 — δέ (dé, deh): but, on the other hand, and — a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
• G2549 — κακία (kakía, kak-ee'-ah): evil, wickedness, malice — from κακός; badness, i.e. (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble:--evil, malice(-iousness), naughtiness, wickedness.
• G3361 — μή (mḗ, may): not, lest — a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas οὐ expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas οὐ expects an affirmative one)) whether:--any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also ἐὰν μή, ἵνα μή, οὐ μή, μῆκος, μηκύνω, μήν, μὴ οὐκ.
• G3515 — νηπιάζω (nēpiázō, nay-pee-ad'-zo): I am childish, infantile — from νήπιος; to act as a babe, i.e. (figuratively) innocently:--be a child.
• G3813 — παιδίον (paidíon, pahee-dee'-on): a little child, an infant — neuter diminutive of παῖς; a childling (of either sex), i.e. (properly), an infant, or (by extension) a half-grown boy or girl; figuratively, an immature Christian:--(little, young) child, damsel.
• G5046 — τέλειος (téleios, tel'-i-os): perfect, full-grown — from τέλος; complete (in various applications of labor, growth, mental and moral character, etc.); neuter (as noun, with ὁ) completeness:--of full age, man, perfect.
• G5424 — φρήν (phrḗn, frane): the mind, intellect — probably from an obsolete (to rein in or curb; compare φράσσω); the midrif (as a partition of the body), i.e. (figuratively and by implication, of sympathy) the feelings (or sensitive nature; by extension (also in the plural) the mind or cognitive faculties):--understanding.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

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