1 Corinthians 3:2 “I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid…”

1 Corinthians 3:2

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

I fed you with milk, not with solid food, for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, you aren’t ready even now,

American Standard Version

I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it: nay, not even now are ye able;

Geneva Bible 1599

I gaue you milke to drinke, and not meat: for yee were not yet able to beare it, neither yet nowe are yee able.

Darby Translation

I have given you milk to drink, not meat, for ye have not yet been able, nor indeed are ye yet able;

Young's Literal Translation

with milk I fed you, and not with meat, for ye were not yet able, but not even yet are ye now able,

Bible in Basic English

I gave you milk and not meat, because you were, then, unable to take it, and even now you are not able;

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Cross references

“fed”

1 Peter 2:2 Hebrews 5:12–14

1 Peter 2:2 · BSB

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

Hebrews 5:12–14 · BSB

Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!

“for”

John 16:12 Hebrews 5:11 Hebrews 5:12

John 16:12 · BSB

I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.

Hebrews 5:11 · BSB

We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.

Hebrews 5:12 · BSB

Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!

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

In context

1Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.

3for 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?

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