1 Corinthians 3:1

1 Corinthians chapter 3 · verse 1 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

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.

Context

v.1This passage

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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 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.