1 Corinthians 3:1

AND I, my brethren, could not speak with you as with the spiritual, but as with the carnal, and as with babes in the Meshiha.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

In Context

2I have sustained you with milk, and have not given you meat; for as yet you could not, nor can you now, (bear it).

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Cross References

Matthew 16:23But he turned and said to Kipha, Get thee behind me, Satana! thou art a stumbling-block to me, because thou thinkest not from Aloha, but from the sons of men!

1 Corinthians 2:6But we speak wisdom among the perfect: not the wisdom of this world, nor the authorities of this world, which are abolished;

1 Corinthians 3:3For as yet you are in the flesh. For while there are among you envy and contentions and divisions, are you not carnal, and walking in the flesh?

Galatians 6:1My brethren, if a man of you be overtaken by a fault, you who are in the Spirit, regain him, in the spirit of meekness, and beware lest you also be tempted.

Hebrews 5:13But every one whose food is milk is not versed in the doctrine of righteousness, because he is a babe.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 3:1

In this chapter the apostle, I. Blames the Corinthians for their carnality and divisions, ver. 1-4 . II. He instructs them how what was amiss among them might be rectified, by remembering, 1. That their ministers were no more than ministers, ver. 5 . 2. That they were unanimous, and carried on the same design, ver. 6-10 . 3. That they built on one and the same foundation, ver. 11-15 . III. He exhorts them to give due honour to their bodies, by keeping them pure ( ver. 16, 17 ), and to humility and self-diffidence,… Read the whole commentary →

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