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1 Corinthians 3:1-2 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 3 · verses 1–2
1And 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.1 Corinthians 3:1-2 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 3:1-2 in context
1And 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?
4For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
Commentary
Cross references
- Hebrews 5:13
- 1 Corinthians 2:14-15
- Ephesians 4:13-14
- 1 Corinthians 14:20
- 1 Corinthians 2:6
- Hebrews 5:11-14
- John 16:12
- 1 Peter 2:2
Key words (Strong's)
- spiritualpneumatikosrelating to the human spirit, or rational soul, as part of the man which is akin to God…G4152 →
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- hithertooupōnot yetG3768 →
- carnalsarkikosfleshly, carnal, having the nature of fleshG4559 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- speaklaleōto utter a voice or emit a sound, to speak, to use the tongue or the faculty of speech…G2980 →
- babesnēpiosan infant, little child, a minor, not of age, metaph. childish, untaught, unskilledG3516 →
- milkgalamilk, a metaph. for the less difficult Christian truthsG1051 →
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Here, I. Paul blames the Corinthians for their weakness and nonproficiency. Those who are sanctified are so only in part: there is still room for growth and increase both in grace and knowledge, Pe2 3:18. Those who through divine grace are renewed to a spiritual life may yet in many things be defective.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-4