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1 Corinthians 3:2 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 3 · verse 2
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.1 Corinthians 3:2 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 3:2 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?
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Key words (Strong's)
- hithertooupōnot yetG3768 →
- milkgalamilk, a metaph. for the less difficult Christian truthsG1051 →
- meatbrōmathat which is eaten, foodG1033 →
- abledynamaito be able, have power whether by virtue of one s own ability and resources, or of a…G1410 →
- fedpotizōto give to drink, to furnish drink, to water, irrigate , metaph. to imbue, saturate one's…G4222 →
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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