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1 Corinthians 3

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1And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ.

2I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it: nay, not even now are ye able;

3for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men?

4For when one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not men?

5What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him.

6I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

7So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

8Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

9For we are God’s fellow-workers: ye are God’s husbandry, God’s building.

10According to the grace of God which was given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder I laid a foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But let each man take heed how he buildeth thereon.

11For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

12But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble;

13each man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man’s work of what sort it is.

14If any man’s work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.

15If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire.

16Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

17If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

18Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:

20and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.

21Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;

22whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

23and ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

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Parallel translations · 1 Corinthians 3:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

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

KJV · King James Version (1611)

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

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

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

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

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

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

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

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

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

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate 1 Corinthians 3:1.

  • 1 Corinthians 2:6

    We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought:

  • Hebrews 5:13

    For every one that partaketh of milk is without experience of the word of righteousness; for he is a babe.

  • Matthew 16:23

    But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling-block unto me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.

  • Ephesians 4:13

    till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

  • 1 Corinthians 2:14

    Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

  • 1 Corinthians 14:20

    Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.

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