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1 CORINTHIANS 3:2 e;ti {A}
The omission of e;ti by î45 B 0185 appears to be an Alexandrian
improvement of style. 1
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1 See G. Zu...
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Verse 1 Corinthians 3:2. _I HAVE FED YOU WITH MILK._] I have
instructed you in the _elements_ of Christianity-in its _simplest_ and
_easiest_ truths; because from the low state of your minds in
relig...
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I HAVE FED YOU WITH MILK - Paul here continues the metaphor, which is
derived from the custom of feeding infants with the lightest food.
Milk here evidently denotes the more simple and elementary doct...
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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
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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...
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THE SUPREME IMPORTANCE OF GOD (1 Corinthians 3:1-9)...
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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...
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HAVE FED YOU WITH. gave you... to drink (Greek. _potizo)_.
HITHERTO, &C. = ye were not as yet able to bear it. Instead of
supplying the _ellipsis_ with "to bear it", we might read "not as yet
strong...
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ἘΠΌΤΙΣΑ. This word is used in two senses by St Paul. Here it
means to _give to drink_, in 1 Corinthians 3:6 to _water_. See ch. 1
Corinthians 12:13. Observe the instance of _zeugma_, whereby
βρῶμα is...
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THE PARTIZANSHIP OF THE CORINTHIANS A HINDRANCE TO SPIRITUAL PROGRESS
ΚἈΓΏ, ἈΔΕΛΦΟΊ, ΟΥ̓Κ ἨΔΥΝΉΘΗΝ
ΛΑΛΗ͂ΣΑΙ ὙΜΙ͂Ν. The Apostle has said much of the
superiority of the wisdom which is the result of sp...
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_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...
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I HAVE FED YOU WITH MILK— "You being such babes, such mere beginners
in the divine life, I could not go so far as I desired in the great
doctrines of the Christian religion; but was obliged to content...
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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 w...
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I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not
able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
MILK - the elementary "principles of the doctrine of Christ" (). The
profounder...
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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...
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THE FAULT OF PARTY SPIRIT
The immaturity of the Corinthian converts and their unfitness for
anything but elementary instruction in the faith is proved by their
mutual jealousies and their disagreemen...
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MILK] the rudiments of the gospel; the alphabet of Christianity. We
find samples of it in Paul's preaching (Acts 13:14; Acts 17:2; Acts
18:22; Acts 19:2)....
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PARAPHRASE. 'Te yourselves, brethren, are an illustration of what I
say. (2) I have treated you as beginners and given you elementary
Christian teaching, for hitherto you have been unfit for any other...
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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...
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MILK... MEAT. — The use of the word “infant” naturally suggests
these two images for the higher wisdom and for the simpler truths of
the gospel respectively.
HITHERTO YE WERE NOT ABLE. — Better, _for...
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NEITHER YET NOW ARE YE ABLE, FOR YE ARE YET CARNAL. — Better, _but
not even now are ye able, for ye are still carnal._ It is for this
absence of growth — for their continuing up to this time in the sa...
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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...
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CHAPTER 6
GOD'S HUSBANDRY AND BUILDING
PAUL having abundantly justified his method of preaching to the
Corinthians, and having shown why he contented himself with the simple
presentation of the Cross...
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to 1 Corinthians 3:2. § 8. THE REVEALING SPIRIT. The world's rulers
committed the frightful crime of “crucifying the Lord of glory,”
because in fact they have only “the spirit of the world,” whereas
“...
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§ 12. CHRIST'S SERVANTS ANSWERABLE TO HIMSELF. The Ap. has shown his
readers their own true position so high and yet so lowly (§ 11);
Paul, Apollos, Cephas are but part of a universe of ministry that...
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“(Since you were babes), I gave you milk to drink, not meat:” a
common figure for the simpler and more solid forms of instruction
contrasted (see parls.). The teaching of 1 Thess. (see 1 Corinthians
2...
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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...
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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...
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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 "child...
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I have fed you with milk, and not with (b) meat: for hitherto ye were
not (c) able [to bear it], neither yet now are ye able.
(b) Substantial meat, or strong meat.
(c) To be fed by me with substanti...
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The figures used by the apostle relate to the term _babes. Milk_,
according to 1 Corinthians 2:2, denotes the preaching of Jesus
crucified, with its simplest contents and its most immediate
consequenc...
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3:1-4.
After demonstrating that though the gospel is not a wisdom, yet it
contains one, but one which cannot be expounded except to those who by
their spiritual maturity are in a condition to understa...
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“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...
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(1) And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but
as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. (2) I have fed you with
milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bea...
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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...
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2._I have fed you with milk _Here it is asked, whether Paul
transformed Christ to suit the diversity of his hearers. I answer,
that this refers to the manner and form of his instructions, rather
than...
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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...
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I HAVE FED YOU WITH MILK,.... It is usual with the Jews to compare the
law to milk, and they say c, that
"as milk strengthens and nourishes an infant, so the law strengthens
and nourishes the soul;''...
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I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not
able _to bear it_, neither yet now are ye able.
Ver. 2. _I have fed you with milk_] Ministers must condescend to
their hearers' c...
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_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...
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MILK; the plain, simple truths of the gospel; such as are adapted to
those who are young and inexperienced in religion.
MEAT; truths suited to those who have made greater progress in divine
things....
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I HAVE FED YOU WITH MILK AND NOT WITH MEAT; FOR HITHERTO YE WERE NOT
ABLE TO BEAR IT, NEITHER YET NOW ARE YE ABLE....
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A REPROOF OF SPIRITUAL PRIDE.
The marks of carnal men:...
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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...
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1 CORINTHIANS 3:2. FED YOU WITH MILK, NOT WITH MEAT; FOR YE WERE NOT
YET ABLE TO BEAR IT: NAY, NOT EVEN NOW ARE YE ABLE;
'milk, not with meat' -(Hebrews 5:12). 'He fed them milk because
that's what t...
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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 t...
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MILK signifies what the apostle to the Hebrews calls _the first
principles of the oracles of God, _ and so is opposed to sublime
spiritual doctrines, here set out under the notion of _meat; _ called
_...
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I fed you with milk, not with meat, for ye were not yet able to bear
it [he had merely grounded them in first principles, and had not
enlightened them as to those higher doctrines which lead on to
per...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
And on this account does Paul declare to the Corinthians, "I have fed
you with milk, not with meat, for hitherto ye were not able to bear
it."[620]
Clement of Alexa...
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1 Corinthians 3:2 fed G4222 (G5656) you G5209 milk G1051 and G2532 not
G3756 food G1033 for G1063 now...
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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, coul...
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1 Corinthians 3:2. I fed you WITH MILK the elementary truths of the
Gospel.
NOT WITH MEAT the profounder aspects of Christian truth.
FOR YE WERE NOT YET ABLE, ETC. See Hebrews 5:12-14....
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I FED YOU WITH MILK, NOT WITH MEAT
(γαλα υμας εποτισα, ου βρωμα). Note two
accusatives with the verb, εποτισα, first aorist active
indicative of ποτιζω, as with other causative verbs, that of the
pe...
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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....
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1. _And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but
as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ._
Their spiritual part had not grown strong, their old carnal nature
still had the pr...
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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 t...
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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,...
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I HAD TO FEED YOU MILK. "I had to give you the elementary teachings of
Christ, not the more difficult doctrines we teach to the spiritually
mature." AND EVEN NOW. They still are spiritually immature....
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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....
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 3:2 NOT READY. Paul thinks it is
dangerous to give advanced teaching to spiritually immature
Christians.
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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...
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_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-...
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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...
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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...
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1 Peter 2:2; Hebrews 5:11; Hebrews 5:12; Hebrews 5:12; John 16:12...
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I fed [ε π ο τ ι σ α]. Lit., I gave you to drink. An instance
of the rhetorical figure zeugma, by which one verb is attached to two
nouns, of which it only suits the meaning of one, but suggests a ver...
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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...
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I fed you, as babes, with milk — The first and plainest truths of
the gospel. So should every preacher suit his doctrine to his hearers....
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With milk, that is, with easy and common truths; not with the
mysterious parts of gospel knowledge; with the first principles of the
doctrine of Christ, and not with the higher doctrines of Christiani...