Parallel Verses New International Version 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. King James Bible And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. Darby Bible Translation And *I*, brethren, have not been able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly; as to babes in Christ. World English Bible Brothers, I couldn't speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ. Young's Literal Translation And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly -- as to babes in Christ; 1 Corinthians 3:1 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleI, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual - This is a continuation of the preceding discourse. See the notes on 1 Corinthians 2:14, 1 Corinthians 2:15 (note), and 1 Corinthians 2:16 (note). But as unto carnal - Σαρκικοις, Persons under the influence of fleshly appetites; coveting and living for the things of this life. Babes in Christ - Just beginning to acquire some notion of the Christian religion, hut as yet very incapable of judging what is most suitable to yourselves, and consequently utterly unqualified to discern between one teacher and another; so that your making the distinctions which you do make, so far from being a proof of mature judgment, is on the contrary a proof that you have no right judgment at all; and this springs from your want of knowledge in Divine things. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as unto spiritual. as unto carnal. Romans 7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. babes. 1 John 2:12 I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. Library Twenty-Third Day. Holiness and the Body. The temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. The body is for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you; therefore glorify God in your body.'--1 Cor. iii. 16, vi. 13, 19. 'She that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit.'--1 Cor. vii. 34. 'Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God.'--Rom. xii. 1. Coming into the world, our Blessed … Andrew Murray—Holy in Christ God's Fellow-Workers The Christian Church Carnal Christians. Cross References Romans 7:14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 1 Corinthians 2:6 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 1 Corinthians 2:14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. 1 Corinthians 2:15 The person with the Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments, 1 Corinthians 14:37 If anyone thinks they are a prophet or otherwise gifted by the Spirit, let them acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command. Galatians 6:1 Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. Ephesians 4:14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Jump to Previous Able Address Babes Babies Carnal Christ Couldn't Flesh Fleshly Found Impossible Infants Mere Speak Spirit Spiritual Teaching WorldlyJump to Next Able Address Babes Babies Carnal Christ Couldn't Flesh Fleshly Found Impossible Infants Mere Speak Spirit Spiritual Teaching WorldlyLinks 1 Corinthians 3:1 NIV1 Corinthians 3:1 NLT 1 Corinthians 3:1 ESV 1 Corinthians 3:1 NASB 1 Corinthians 3:1 KJV 1 Corinthians 3:1 Bible Apps 1 Corinthians 3:1 Biblia Paralela 1 Corinthians 3:1 Chinese Bible 1 Corinthians 3:1 French Bible 1 Corinthians 3:1 German Bible 1 Corinthians 3:1 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |