1 Corinthians 3:1

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

And {G2532} I {G1473}, brethren {G80}, could {G1410} not {G3756} speak {G2980} unto you {G5213} as {G5613} unto spiritual {G4152}, but {G235} as {G5613} unto carnal {G4559}, even as {G5613} unto babes {G3516} in {G1722} Christ {G5547}.

As for me, brothers, I couldn’t talk to you as spiritual people but as worldly people, as babies, so far as experience with the Messiah is concerned.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Hebrews 5:13 (23 votes)

    For every one that useth milk [is] unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.

  • 1 Corinthians 2:14 (20 votes)

    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.

  • 1 Corinthians 2:15 (20 votes)

    But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

  • Ephesians 4:13 (16 votes)

    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:

  • Ephesians 4:14 (16 votes)

    That we [henceforth] be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, [and] cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

  • 1 Corinthians 2:6 (12 votes)

    ¶ 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:

  • 1 Corinthians 14:20 (11 votes)

    Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.