1 Corinthians 3:2

I gave you milk to drink, not meat; for you were not able as yet. But neither indeed are you now able; for you are yet carnal.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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, could not speak to you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal. As unto little ones in Christ.

3For, whereas there is among you envying and contention, are you not carnal, and walk according to man ?

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Cross References

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

1 Peter 2:2As newborn babes, desire the rational milk without guile, that thereby you may grow unto 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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