1 Corinthians 3:1 “Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infa…”

1 Corinthians 3:1

Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And I could not speake vnto you, brethren, as vnto spirituall men, but as vnto carnall, euen as vnto babes in Christ.

Darby Translation

And I, brethren, have not been able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly; as to babes in Christ.

Young's Literal Translation

And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly — as to babes in Christ;

Bible in Basic English

And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.

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Cross references

“as unto spiritual”

1 Corinthians 2:6 Galatians 6:1 1 Corinthians 2:15

1 Corinthians 2:6 · BSB

Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

Galatians 6:1 · BSB

Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

1 Corinthians 2:15 · BSB

The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.

“as unto carnal”

Romans 7:14 Matthew 16:23 1 Corinthians 3:3 1 Corinthians 3:4 1 Corinthians 2:14

Romans 7:14 · BSB

We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

Matthew 16:23 · BSB

But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”

1 Corinthians 3:3 · BSB

for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?

1 Corinthians 3:4 · BSB

For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?

1 Corinthians 2:14 · BSB

The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

“babes”

1 Corinthians 14:20 1 John 2:12 Ephesians 4:13 Ephesians 4:14

1 Corinthians 14:20 · BSB

Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

1 John 2:12 · BSB

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.

Ephesians 4:13 · BSB

until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.

Ephesians 4:14 · BSB

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

Also

Hebrews 5:13

Hebrews 5:13 · BSB

For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,

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