1 Corinthians 3:2

I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you were not then able to bear it; indeed, not even now are you able;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you, as to spiritual men, but as to those who are carnal, as to babes in Christ.

3for you are yet carnal. For, since envy and strife and divisions are among you, are you not carnal, and do you not walk as men?

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Cross References

John 16:12I have yet many things to say to you; but you can not bear them now.

1 Peter 2:2as new-born babes, earnestly desire the pure spiritual milk, that you may grow by it,

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 3:2-5

The Spirit of Party Reproved. ( a. d. 57.) 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? 4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? Here, I. Paul blames the… Read the whole commentary →

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