1 Corinthians 3:2 — Bible Verse (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.”

1 Corinthians 3:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Corinthians 3:2 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Corinthians 3:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“I fed you with milk, not with solid food, for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, you aren’t ready even now,”

1 Corinthians 3:2 — World English Bible

1 Corinthians 3:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it: nay, not even now are ye able; ”

1 Corinthians 3:2 — American Standard Version

1 Corinthians 3:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“with milk I fed you, and not with meat, for ye were not yet able, but not even yet are ye now able,”

1 Corinthians 3:2 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Corinthians 3:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“I have given you milk to drink, not meat, for ye have not yet been able, nor indeed are ye yet able; ”

1 Corinthians 3:2 — Darby Translation

1 Corinthians 3:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“I gaue you milke to drinke, and not meat: for yee were not yet able to beare it, neither yet nowe are yee able.”

1 Corinthians 3:2 — Geneva Bible

1 Corinthians 3:2 in Context — 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.

2 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.

3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

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What Does 1 Corinthians 3:2 Mean?

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