1 Corinthians 3:1

In 9 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

And I, brethren, could not speak to you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal. As unto little ones in Christ.

GNV

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

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

Κἀγώ, ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἠδυνήθην λαλῆσαι ὑμῖν ὡς πνευματικοῖς ἀλλʼ ὡς σαρκίνοις, ὡς νηπίοις ἐν Χριστῷ.

RP2018

Καὶ ἐγώ, ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἠδυνήθην ὑμῖν λαλῆσαι ὡς πνευματικοῖς, ἀλλ’ ὡς σαρκικοῖς, ὡς νηπίοις ἐν χριστῷ.

TR-Boyd

Καὶ ἐγώ, ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἠδυνήθην λαλῆσαι ὑμῖν ὡς πνευματικοῖς, ἀλλ᾿ ὡς σαρκικοῖς, ὡς νηπίοις ἐν Χριστῷ.

SCR1894

και εγω αδελφοι ουκ ηδυνηθην λαλησαι υμιν ως πνευματικοις αλλ ως σαρκικοις ως νηπιοις εν χριστω

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• Hebrews 5:13For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.
• 1 Corinthians 2:14–15The 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. The spiritual man judges all things,…
• Ephesians 4:13–14until 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. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around…
• 1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
• 1 Corinthians 2:6Among 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.
• Romans 7:14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
• Matthew 16:23But 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 John 2:12I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.
• Galatians 6:1Brothers, 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 3:3–4for 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? For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,”…

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