Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on 1Cor 14:20

“Brethren, do not become children in sense: but in malice be children, and in sense be perfect.”

“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 Co1 3:1; Mat 10:16; Rom 16:19; Eph 4:14). The Greek for "understanding" expresses the will of one's spirit, Rom 8:6 (it is not found elsewhere); as the "heart" is the will of the "soul." The same Greek is used for "minded" in Rom 8:6. men--full-grown. Be childlike, not childish.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.