What does 1 Corinthians 3:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ."
CHAPTER III. _Because of the carnal, divided state of the people at Corinth,_ _the apostle was obliged to treat them as children in the_ _knowledge of sacred things_, 1-3. _Some were for setting u...
AND I, BRETHREN - See 1 Corinthians 2:1. This is designed to meet an implied objection. He had said 1 Corinthians 2:14 that Christians were able to understand all things. Yet, they would recollect tha...
CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The Carnal state of the Corinthians. (1 Corinthians 3:1)._ 2. The Workmen and their Work. (1 Corinthians 3:10). 3. The Church the Temple of God. (1 Corinthians 3:16). 4. Warning aga...
RENEWED CONDEMNATION OF PARTY SPIRIT. Paul has now reached a point where he can effect an easy return to the divisions at Corinth. He has been speaking of the spiritual man who is capable of receiving...
And I, brothers, could not talk to you as I would to spiritual men, but I had to talk to you as to those who had not yet got beyond merely human things, as to infants in Christ. I gave you milk to dri...
COULD NOT. was not able to. SPEAK. App-121. UNTO. to. SPIRITUAL. Greek. _pneumatikos._ See 1 Corinthians 12:1. CARNAL. Greek. _sarkikos,_ as in Romans 7:14, but the texts read _sarkines._ See 2 Co...
1 Corinthians 3:1-4. The partizanship of the Corinthians a hindrance to spiritual progress 1. _And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual_ The Apostle has said much of the superiorit...
ΣΑΡΚΊΝΟΙΣ. So אABCD. The internal evidence is about equally divided. For we may fairly set the probability that a writer seeing πνευματικοῖς before him would alter σαρκίνοις into σαρκικοῖς, against th...
_THE BRETHREN WERE CARNAL 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1-4:_ When Paul wrote this epistle the brethren were acting like people of this world. They were acting like babies as far as their faith is Christ was concer...
ΚΆΓΏ = ΚΑΙ ΈΓ (G2504) и я; эмфатическое, с легким противопоставлением предыдущему (Grosheide). ΉΔΥΝΉΘΗΝ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΔΎΝΑΜΑΙ (G1410) быть способным, с _inf._ ΛΑΛΉΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. о...
AND I, BRETHREN, &C.— The next matter of boasting, which the faction made use of to give the pre-eminence and preference to their leader above St. Paul, seems to have been this, That their new teacher...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Commence With Spiritual Feeding (1 Corinthians 3:1-4) 3 But I, brethren, could not address you as spiritual men, but as men of the flesh, as babes in Christ. 2I fed you...
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. AND I - i:e., as the natural (animal) man cannot receive, so I also could not (was not...
21 To this day the great, the noble, and the wise are a small minority among the true saints of God. It is a matter of extreme thankfulness that this is so. If high birth or wisdom or any other attain...
3:1 fleshly; (i-18) _ Sarkinos_ . as Romans 7:14 ; Hebrews 7:16 ; 2 Corinthians 3:3 . This word is said to mean properly the material -- the composition of a thing. 'Carnal,' twice in verse 3, is _ s...
NOT.. AS UNTO SPIRITUAL] The hidden wisdom of which the Apostle has been writing is not for them. CARNAL] The Gk. means 'fleshy,' and points to the fact that they were mere infants, so to speak. It is...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 3 GOD’S WORKERS 3:1-9 V1 *Brothers and *sisters, I could not speak to you as if the *Holy Spirit was guiding you. I had to speak to you as...
III. (1) AND I. — Again, as in 1 Corinthians 2:6, the Apostle shows how general principles which he has just explained were exemplified in his own conduct. In the closing verses of 1 Corinthians 2 St...
CHAPTER 5 DIVINE WISDOM IN the preceding paragraph Paul has explained why he had proclaimed the bare facts regarding Christ and His crucifixion and trusted to the Cross itself to impress the Corinth...
Κἀγώ, ἀδελφοί : The Ap. returns to the strain of 1 Corinthians 2:1-5, speaking now not in general terms of ἡμεῖς, οἱ τέλειοι, etc.; but definitely of the Cor [455] and himself. _They_ demonstrate, unh...
PROSPERITY COMES FROM GOD 1 Corinthians 3:1 In all our relations with our fellow-men, Christ's followers must realize their obligations as members of one great family, with one God. A man may be _in...
The reason for the schisms was that these people were carnal. "Jealousy and strife" are evidences of carnality. Proceeding, Paul declared the true value of the Christian ministry. "For we are God's fe...
Division Is Carnal The Corinthians had grown slowly in spiritual things. They still clung to carnal things like envy and strife (1 Corinthians 3:1). Like those at Ephesus, they needed not to be "chil...
And (1) I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto (a) carnal, [even] as unto babes in Christ. (1) Having declared the worthiness of heavenly wisdom, and of the Gospel, and...
“And I also, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ. 2. I have fed you with milk, not with meat: for hitherto ye were not strong enough, and...
CONTENTS The Apostle is prosecuting the Subject of his Ministry in this Chapter. Under several sweet Similitude's, he describes the Manner he had used among them, for Instruction....
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
1._And I, brethren _He begins to apply to the Corinthians themselves, that he had said respecting carnal persons, that they may understand that the fault was their own — that the doctrine of the Cross...
They were not natural men; but they were carnal (not spiritual) men, so that the apostle had to feed them with milk and not with meat which was only fit for those that were of full age. That with whic...
AND I, BRETHREN, COULD NOT SPEAK UNTO YOU,.... Though the apostle was a spiritual man himself, had spiritual gifts, even the extraordinary gifts of the Spirit, could judge all things, had the mind of...
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, _even_ as unto babes in Christ. Ver. 1. _Could not speak unto you_] Unless I would beat the air, and lose my sweet wor...
_And I, brethren_ The apostle having, in the latter part of the preceding chapter, observed that mere natural men, still unenlightened and unrenewed, receive not the things of the Spirit, begins this...
SPIRITUAL; advanced in spiritual knowledge, and prepared to understand and profit by the higher and more difficult truths of the gospel. CARNAL; having little religious knowledge or spiritual discern...
AND I, BRETHREN, COULD NOT SPEAK UNTO YOU AS UNTO SPIRITUAL, BUT AS UNTO CARNAL, EVEN AS UNTO BABES IN CHRIST....
But in practical experience the Corinthians were not properly regarding, nor depending on, the wisdom of the Spirit of God, who had been given to them. Paul could not write to them as spiritual, but a...
AND I, BRETHREN, COULD NOT SPEAK UNTO YOU AS UNTO SPIRITUAL, BUT AS UNTO CARNAL, AS UNTO BABES IN CHRIST. 'And I, brethren' -(1 Corinthians 2:1) 'SPIRITUAL' -4152. pneumatikos pnyoo-mat-ik-os'; fro...
1-4 The most simple truths of the gospel, as to man's sinfulness and God's mercy, repentance towards God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, stated in the plainest language, suit the people better th...
1 CORINTHIANS 3 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1,2 Paul showeth that he could not instruct the Corinthians in the higher doctrines of Christianity because of their carnal mind, 1 CORINTHIANS 3:3,4 which temper disco...
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ. [The simplicity of Paul's instruction had given occasion to the false apostles (2 Corinthians...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V For men of this stamp do indeed say that they believe in the Father and the Son, but they never meditate as they should upon the things of God, neither are they adorn...
1 Corinthians 3:1 And G2532 I G1473 brethren G80 could G1410 (G5675) not G3756 speak G2980 (G5658) you G5213 as G5613 spiritual G4152 but G235 as G5613 carnal G4559 as G5613 babes G3516 in G1722 Chris...
UNFORTUNATELY THEIR PRESENT BEHAVIOUR IS A SIGN OF THEIR IMMATURITY FOR THE OBJECTS OF THEIR DEVOTION ARE BUT INSTRUMENTS OF GOD. THEIR EYES ARE FIXED IN THE WRONG PLACE (3:1-7) ‘And I, brothers, cou...
1 Corinthians 3:1. AND I, BRETHREN, COULD NOT SPEAK UNTO YOU AS UNTO SPIRITUAL, BUT AS UNTO CARNAL, EVEN AS UNTO BABES IN CHRIST those in whom the spiritual principles, like the higher faculties in a...
BUT AS UNTO CARNAL (αλλ' ως σαρκινοις). Latin _carneus_. "As men o' flesh," Braid Scots; "as worldlings," Moffatt. This form in -ινος like λιθινος in 2 Corinthians 3:3 means the material of flesh, ...
CARNEL (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 7:14). _...
1. _And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ._ The church at Corinth consisted of persons of large education and great abilities....
CONTENTS: Hindrance of a carnal state to spiritual growth. Christian service and its reward. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Apollos, Cephas. CONCLUSION: Our salvation rests solely upon...
1 Corinthians 3:1. _Babes in Christ,_ like children at the breast, requiring to be _fed with milk, and not with meat._ Our great tutor here addresses the Corinthians in a superior style of eloquence,...
I COULD NOT TALK TO YOU. Compare 1 Corinthians 2:6; 1 Corinthians 2:14_. MacKnight_ says: "From what is said in this chapter it appears, that the false teacher had represented St. Paul either as ignor...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1 FLESH can mean different things in Scripture. In Paul’s letters it often refers to unredeemed human nature, along with its desires and typical behaviors. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒...
CHAPTER III. SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER He endeavours to put an end to the divisions among the Corinthians, by reminding them of their mutual subjection and union in Christ and God. I. He points out t...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 3:1. AND I.—_Q.d_. “As any other ‘spiritual’ teacher would have to do.” So Ellicott; but perhaps laying undue stress upon the “_and_,” which, if more than merely a half-...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1 _The carnal conceit of the spiritually immature._ 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1 I… COULD NOT SPEAK UNTO YOU AS UNTO SPIRITUAL. Though softened by the word brethren, there was a cr...
Let's turn now to I Corinthians, chapter 3. Beginning with the fourteenth verse of chapter 2, Paul here separates men into three classifications. Starting in chapter 2 with the natural man, the unrege...
1 Corinthians 14:20; 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 2:15; 1 Corinthians 2:6; 1 Corinthians 3:3; 1 Corinthians 3:4; 1 John 2:12; Ephesians 4:13; Ephesians 4:14
Carnal [σ α ρ κ ι ν ο ι ς]. Made of flesh. See on Romans 7:14, and on flesh, Romans 7:5. Babes [ν η π ι ο ι ς]. From nh not, and epov a word. Strictly, non - speakers. Compare the Latin infans. Stron...
THE CARNAL AND SPIRITUAL CHRISTIAN 1 Corinthians 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In our last study, we were discussing two kinds of people. One, the unregenerate who had not the Spirit, and the other, the r...
And I, brethren — He spoke before, 1 Corinthians 2:1, of his entrance, now of his progress, among them. Could not speak to you as unto spiritual — Adult, experienced Christians. But as unto men who we...
As if the apostle had said, "My brethren, although. speak the highest wisdom amongst them that are perfect, yet could not. speak the unto you as unto spiritual persons, but as unto carnal: because the...