New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Corinthians 3:2
2I gave you 1milk to drink, not solid food; for you 2were not yet able to consume it. But even now you are not yet able,
1 Corinthians 3:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready,
- New King James Version (NKJV)I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able;
Context of 1 Corinthians 3:2
1And I, brothers and sisters, could not speak to you as spiritual people, but only as fleshly, as to infants in Christ. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to consume it. But even now you are not yet able, 3for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like ordinary people? 4For when one person says, “I am with Paul,” and another, “I am with Apollos,” are you not ordinary people?
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γάλα ὑμᾶς ἐπότισα, οὐ βρῶμα· οὔπω γὰρ ἐδύνασθε, ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ ἔτι νῦν δύνασθε·Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 3:2
- Hebrews 5:12For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the actual words of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.
- 1 Peter 2:2and like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,
- John 16:12“I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them at the present time.
- Hebrews 5:11Concerning him we have much to say, and it is difficult to explain, since you have become poor listeners.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 3:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2I 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 religious knowledge, you were incapable of comprehending the higher truths of the Gospel: and in this state you will still continue. The apostle thus exposes to them the absurdity of their conduct in pretending to judge between preacher and preacher, while they had but a very partial…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2I 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 doctrines of Christianity - the doctrines of the new birth, of repentance, faith, etc. The same figure occurs in Hebrews 5:11-14; and also in Classical writers. See Wetstein. And not with meat - “Meat” here denotes the more sublime and mysterious doctrines of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Because the Corinthian Christians were not spiritually mature, Paul could not discuss the deeper truths of life in Christ, which are like solid food (see 1 Corinthians 2:6–7) meant for mature Christians. Instead, he had to focus on milk, the basic teachings of the good news about Jesus (compare Hebrews 5:12–14; 6:1–3; 1 Peter 2:2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. (He 5:12). milk--the elementary "principles of the doctrine of Christ."Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. 1 Corinthians 3:2 Heb 5:12f; 1 Pet 2:2 ↩
- 2. 1 Corinthians 3:2 John 16:12 ↩
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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