1 Corinthians 3:1
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
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 every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
Read in context1 Corinthians 2:14–15
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Read in contextEphesians 4:13–14
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Read in context1 Corinthians 14:20
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
Read in context1 Corinthians 2:6
Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
Read in contextRomans 7:14
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
Read in context1 John 2:12
I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:3–4
For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
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