1 Corinthians 3:3

1 Corinthians 3:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
• New International Version (NIV)You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans?
• English Standard Version (ESV)for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?
• New King James Version (NKJV)for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?

Context of 1 Corinthians 3:3

1And I, brothers and sisters, could not speak to you as Spirit-filled but as worldly—as infants in Messiah. 2I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready. Indeed, even now you are not yet ready, for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, aren’t you worldly and walking in a human way? 4For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere humans? 5What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to trust—and to each as the Lord gave.

1 Corinthians 3:3 word by word

ἔτι γὰρ σαρκικοί ἐστε. ὅπου γὰρ ἐν ὑμῖν ζῆλος καὶ ἔρις οὐχὶ σαρκικοί ἐστε καὶ κατὰ ἄνθρωπον περιπατεῖτε;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• ye areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• yetἔτιeti · stillG2089
• carnalσαρκικόςsarkikos · fleshlyG4559
• whereasὅπουhopou · where(-ever)G3699
• amongἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• youσύsu · youG4771
• envyingζῆλοςzēlos · zealG2205
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• strifeἔριςeris · quarrelG2054
• divisionsδιχοστασίαdichostasia · dissensionG1370
• notοὐχίouchi · not!G3780
• walkπεριπατέωperipateō · to walkG4043
• asκατάkata · according toG2596
• menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 3:3

• 1 Corinthians 1:11For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers and sisters, by those who are from Chloe’s household, that there are rivalries among you.
• 1 Corinthians 6:1Does any one of you, when he has a matter against his neighbor, dare to go to court before the unrighteous and not before the kedoshim?
• 1 Corinthians 11:18For first of all, when you come together as Messiah’s community, I hear that there are divisions among you; and to some extent I believe it—
• 2 Corinthians 12:20For I am afraid that perhaps when I come, I may find you not as I wish, or I may be found by you not as you wish—that there may be strife, envy, outbursts of anger, self-seeking disputes, lashon ha-ra , gossip, arrogance, unruly commotions.
• Galatians 5:15But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not destroyed by one another.
• James 3:16For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil practice.
• James 4:1Where do quarrels and conflicts among you come from? Don’t they come from this, namely your passions that battle within your body parts?
• Hosea 6:7But like Adam, they transgressed a covenant. There they dealt treacherously with Me.
• Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, come evil intentions, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
• Ephesians 2:2At that time, you walked in the way of this world, in conformity to the ruler of the domain of the air—the ruler of the spirit who is now operating in the sons of disobedience.
• Ephesians 4:22With respect to your former lifestyle, you are to lay aside the old self corrupted by its deceitful desires,
• 1 Peter 4:2As a result, he lives the rest of his time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for God’s will.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 3:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3There is among you envying, and strife, and divisions - . There are three things here worthy of note: these people were wrong in thought, word, and deed. , envying refers to the state of their souls; they had inward grudgings and disaffection towards each other. , strife or contention, refers to their words; they were continually disputing and contending whose party was the best, each endeavoring to prove that he and his party were alone in the right…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3For ye are yet carnal - Though you are Christians, and are the friends of God in the main, yet your divisions and strifes show that you are yet, in some degree, under the influence of the principles which govern the people of this world. People who are governed solely by the principles of this world, evince a spirit of strife, emulation and contention; and just so far as you are engaged in strife, just so far do you show that you are governed by their…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Their jealousy and arguments (see 1 Corinthians 1:10–12) showed they behaved like unbelievers. They followed their sinful nature, not the Spirit of God (compare 2 Corinthians 12:20; Galatians 5:19–21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. envying--jealousy, rivalry. As this refers to their feelings, "strife" refers to their words, and "divisions" to their actions [Bengel]. There is a gradation, or ascending climax: envying had produced strife, and strife divisions (factious parties) [Grotius]. His language becomes severer now as He proceeds; in 1Co 1:11 he had only said "contentions," he now multiplies the words (compare the stronger term, 1Co 4:6, than in 1Co 3:21). carnal--For…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 3:3

• Church
• Depravity of Man
• Dissension
• Doctrines
• Envy
• Minister, Christian
• Sin
• Strife

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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