What does Corinthians chapter 13 verse 11 mean?

Answer 1

I am assuming I Corinthians 13:11. As a child in Christ, we do childish things, not being more fully developed in our own knowledge of who we are. As we grow in our knowledge of who we are in Christ, then we make better decisions in the way we react to this world; however Christ said that if we are not childlike in our trust in Him that we will not enter into the Kingdom.

Answer 2

Because the King James version uses the word "charity" instead of "love" it can seem confusing to some people: see a modern translation is actually more confusing because it does not differentiate between charity and love. The best means of understanding any scripture is to compare scripture with scripture. Compare other passages that use the word charity and you will develop an understanding of the use of the word.

1 Corinthians 8:1 KJV Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

Colossians 3:14 And above all these things put oncharity, which is the bond of perfectness.

1 Corinthians 16:14 Let all your things be done with charity.

Colossians 3:14 And above all these things put oncharity, which is the bond of perfectness.

1 Timothy 1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charityout of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and offaith unfeigned:

1 Corinthians 13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

1 Corinthians 13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

1 Corinthians 13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

1 Corinthians 13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

1Co 13:4-7 NET Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up. (v.5) It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful. (v.6) It is not glad about injustice, but rejoices in the truth. (v.7) It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Answer 3

1 Corinthians 13

1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

8Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

11When 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.

12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Answer 4

This chapter is a discussion of the relative value of tongues and prophesying, which seem to have been the two gifts most valued.