1 Corinthians 2:13–3:4

13 We also speak these things, not in words a taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people. b 14 But the unbeliever c does not welcome what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated d spiritually. 15 The spiritual person, however, can evaluate e everything, yet he himself cannot be evaluated f by anyone. 16 For

who has known the Lord’s mind,

that he may instruct Him? g h

But we have the mind of Christ. i

The Problem of Immaturity

3 * Brothers, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ. j 2 I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready, 3 because you are still fleshly. For since there is envy k and strife l m among you, are you not fleshly and living like unbelievers? n 4 For whenever someone says, “I’m with Paul,” and another, “I’m with Apollos,” o are you not unspiritual people? p q