1 Corinthians 3:1 · KJV
“And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, {even} as unto babes in Christ.”
— 1 Corinthians 3:1
1 Corinthians 3 — Context
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, {even} as unto babes in Christ.
2I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able {to bear it}, neither yet now are ye able.
3For ye are yet carnal: for whereas {there is} among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? {divisions: or, factions} {as men: Gr. according to man?}
Cross References
Hebrews 5:13
For every one that useth milk {is} unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. {is unskillful: Gr. hath no experience}
1 Corinthians 2:14-15
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know {them}, because they are spiritually discerned.
Ephesians 4:13-14
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: {in: or, into} {stature: or, age}
1 Corinthians 14:20
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. {men: Gr. perfect, or, of a ripe age}
1 Corinthians 2:6
Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
Romans 7:14
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
Galatians 6:1
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. {if: or, although}
1 John 2:12
I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.