1 Corinthians 3:2

I gave you milk and not meat, because you were, then, unable to take it, and even now you are not able;

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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 the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.

3Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?

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Cross References

John 16:12I have still much to say to you, but you are not strong enough for it now.

1 Peter 2:2Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;

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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