1 Corinthians 3:1
Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
2 I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
3 for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
- KJV
- And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
- WEB
- Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ.
- ASV
- And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ.
- DARBY
- And *I*, brethren, have not been able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly; as to babes in Christ.
- BLB
- And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you⁺ as to spiritual but as to fleshly—as to infants in Christ.
- ÅB
- Og jeg, brødre, kunne ikke tale til dere som til åndelige, men bare som til kjødelige, som til småbarn i Kristus.
- OTB
- Og jeg, brødre og søstre, kunne ikke tale til dere som åndelige mennesker, men som de som er verdslige, som spedbarn i Kristus.
- B1930
- Og jeg, brødre, kunde ikke tale til eder som til åndelige, men bare som til kjødelige, som til småbarn i Kristus.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 5:13
For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.
Read in context1 Corinthians 2:14–15
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Read in contextEphesians 4:13–14
until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.
Read in context1 Corinthians 14:20
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
Read in context1 Corinthians 2:6
Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
Read in contextRomans 7:14
We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
Read in context1 John 2:12
I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:3–4
for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
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