1 Corinthians 3:1 - Revised Standard Version

But I, brethren, could not address you as spiritual men, but as men of the flesh, as babes in Christ.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

HOWEVER, BRETHREN, I could not talk to you as to spiritual [men], but as to nonspiritual [men of the flesh, in whom the carnal nature predominates], as to mere infants [in the new life] in Christ [unable to talk yet!]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Brothers and sisters, I couldn’t talk to you like spiritual people but like unspiritual people, like babies in Christ.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so, brothers, I was not able to speak to you as if to those who are spiritual, but rather as if to those who are carnal. For you are like infants in Christ.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

AND I, brethren, could not speak to you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal. As unto little ones in Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:1 Cross References

Matthew 16:23

But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me; for you are not on the side of God, but of men.”

Romans 7:14

We know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; be babes in evil, but in thinking be mature.

1 Corinthians 14:37

If any one thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that what I am writing to you is a command of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 2:6

Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.

Galatians 6:1

Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Look to yourself, lest you too be tempted.

Hebrews 5:13

for every one who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a child.

1 John 2:12

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his sake.