For my part, brothers and sisters, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ.
Now everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced with the message about righteousness, because he is an infant.
We do, however, speak a wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
Brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.
For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold as a slave under sin.
I am writing to you, little children, since your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.
Brothers and sisters, if someone is overtaken in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual, restore such a person with a gentle spirit, , watching out for yourselves so that you won’t also be tempted.
Jesus turned and told Peter, ‘Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me because you’re not thinking about God’s concerns but human concerns.’
If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, he should recognise that what I write to you is the Lord’s command.