1 Corinthians 3:2

With milk, have I fed you, not, with meat; for, not yet, have ye been able;—nay! not [yet] even now, are ye able,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

1I, therefore, brethren, have not been able to speak unto you, as unto men of the Spirit, but as unto men of the flesh—as unto babes in Christ:—

3For ye are yet fleshly. For, whereas there are, among you, jealousy and strife, are ye not, fleshly, and, after the manner of men, walking?

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Cross References

John 16:12Yet many things, have I, unto you, to be saying,—but ye cannot bear them, just now;

1 Peter 2:2As new-born babes, for the pure milk that is for the mind, eagerly crave, that, thereby, ye 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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