1 Corinthians 3:3

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

for you are still worldly [minded]. And since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, is that not evidence that you are [still] worldly and living like [unspiritual] people?

Cross References

Romans 13:13

We should be living properly, as in the daytime [i.e., when people normally behave themselves], not engaging in orgies and drunkenness; not practicing sexual immorality and indecent vices; not quarrelsome and jealous.

1 Corinthians 1:10

Now I urge you, brothers, through the name [i.e., by the authority] of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you should all agree in what you say, so that no divisions [continue] among you. Be restored [to unity] by having common thoughts and convictions [i.e., in spiritual matters]

1 Corinthians 1:11

For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers, by some of Chloe’s family, that there is quarreling [going on] among you.

1 Corinthians 11:18

For first of all, I have been informed [Note: This was probably by Chloe’s family. See 1:11 ] that divisions exist among you people when you assemble as a congregation. And I am inclined to believe it [is true].

1 Corinthians 3:4

For when one of you says, “I am a follower of Paul,” and another says, “I am a follower of Apollos,” are you not [acting like worldly] people?

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I am afraid that somehow, when I come [to you], I might not find you the way I want you to be, and you might not find me the way you want me to be. I am afraid there might be quarrelling, jealousy, angry outbursts, factious spirits, slander, gossip, arrogance and [other] disturbances [there].

Galatians 5:15

But if you [unlovingly] bite and eat one another [i.e., figuratively], be careful that you do not totally consume one another.

Titus 3:3

For we [Christians] were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various kinds of [evil] desires and [sinful] pleasures. [We used to] live in malice and envy, hating people and being hated by them.

James 3:16

For when jealousy and rivalry exist, there is [also] disorder and every [kind of] evil practice.

1 Peter 4:2

So then, you should no longer live the rest of your lives [to satisfy] the sinful desires of your body, but to do what God wants.