to adjust his teaching to suit the Corinthians’ spiritual state. He treated them like spiritual babies and gave them “milk” instead of “solid food” (1 Corinthians 3:2). It is sobering to consider that the Corinthians probably did not see themselves as Paul did. They saw themselves as spiritual and mature, when in reality they were fleshly and immature. The proof of their immaturity was seen in the presence of jealousy and quarreling within the church. “You are still worldly,” Paul wrote. “For since