1 Corinthians 3:1
As for me, brothers, I could not talk to you as spiritual men, but as to creatures of flesh, mere babes in Christ.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2I fed you milk, not meat; for you were unable to bear it.
Cross References
Matthew 16:23But he turned and said to Peter. "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to me, because you are not intent on what pleases God, but what pleases men."
1 Corinthians 2:6Notwithstanding, among those who are mature I do teach philosophy; though not the philosophy of the present age, nor of its rulers who are coming to nought.
1 Corinthians 3:3You are not able even now, for you are still unspiritual. While there is among you jealousy and strife, are you not still unspiritual, and behaving like worldlings?
Galatians 6:1Even if any one should be overtaken in a fault, brothers, you that are spiritual ought, in a gentle spirit, to restore such a one, each one of you looking to himself, lest you too be tempted.
Hebrews 5:13For every one who feeds on milk is inexperienced in the word of righteousness. He is still an infant.
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 →