The Bible Software
bible.software › 1 Corinthians › 1 Corinthians 3 › 1 Corinthians 3:2

1 Corinthians 3:2

I have fed you with milk, and not with meat; for ye were not hitherto able to bear it, nor yet are ye even now able.

1770 John Worsley NT

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, my brethren, could not speak to you, as to spiritual persons, but as to carnal ones, even as to babes in Christ.

3Because ye are still carnal: for while there is among you envy and strife and divisions, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk as men?

Read all of 1 Corinthians 3

Cross References

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

1 Peter 2:2and envies, and all evil-speakings, as new-born babes desire that rational milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby:

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)聖書 (日本語)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBiblia TakatifuBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)

Study 1 Corinthians 3:2

Matthew HenryJamieson-Fausset-BrownAdam ClarkeAlbert BarnesJohn WesleyJohn CalvinScofieldWilliam BurkittFamily Bible NotesJohn LightfootGeneva Bible Notes (1599)Robertson's Word Pictures
← 1 Corinthians 3:11 Corinthians 31 Corinthians 3:3 →