1Cor 13:11, 14:20, Heb 5:13 | JFB | e4.org | 11. When . . . a child — ( ). 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."

‏ 1 Corinthians 13:11

11. When . . . a child— (1Co 3:1; 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."

‏ 1 Corinthians 14:20

20. Brethren—an appellation calculated to conciliate their favorable reception of his exhortation.

children in understanding—as preference of gifts abused to nonedification would make you (compare 1Co 3:1; Mt 10:16; Ro 16:19; Eph 4:14). The Greek for "understanding" expresses the will of one's spirit, Ro 8:6 (it is not found elsewhere); as the "heart" is the will of the "soul." The same Greek is used for "minded" in Ro 8:6.

men—full-grown. Be childlike, not childish.

‏ Hebrews 5:13

13. useth—Greek, "partaketh," that is, taketh as his portion. Even strong men partake of milk, but do not make milk their chief, much less their sole, diet.

the word of righteousness—the Gospel wherein "the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith" (Ro 1:17), and which is called "the ministration of righteousness" (2Co 3:9). This includes the doctrine of justification and sanctification: the first principles, as well as the perfection, of the doctrine of Christ: the nature of the offices and person of Christ as the true Melchisedec, that is, "King of righteousness" (compare Mt 3:15).