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1 Corinthians 3:1

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THE PROBLEM OF IMMATURITY

3For my part, brothers and sisters, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ.z

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Cross references

  1. z1Co 14:20; Heb 5:13; 1Pt 2:2

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ.

NLTNew Living Translation

Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I couldn’t talk to you as I would to spiritual people. I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in Christ.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual people, but as to fleshly people, as to infants in Christ.

KJV 1900King James Version

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