1 Corinthians 3:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 2:14-15 : 14 For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit. 15 But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.
  • Rom 7:14 : 14 For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.
  • 1 Cor 2:6 : 6 But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing:
  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.
  • Eph 4:13-14 : 13 Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ: 14 So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;
  • Heb 5:13 : 13 For everyone who takes milk is without experience of the word of righteousness: he is a child.
  • 1 John 2:12 : 12 I am writing to you, my children, because you have forgiveness of sins through his name.
  • 1 Cor 3:3-4 : 3 Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men? 4 For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of Apollos; are you not talking like natural men?
  • Matt 16:23 : 23 But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my way, Satan: you are a danger to me because your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.

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  • 1 Cor 3:2-4
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    2I gave you milk and not meat, because you were, then, unable to take it, and even now you are not able;

    3Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?

    4For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of Apollos; are you not talking like natural men?

  • Heb 5:11-14
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    11Of whom we have much to say which it is hard to make clear, because you are slow of hearing.

    12And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food.

    13For everyone who takes milk is without experience of the word of righteousness: he is a child.

    14But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.

  • 1 Pet 2:2
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    2Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;

  • 1 Cor 14:20
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    20My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.

  • 1 Thess 2:7
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    7But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:

  • 1 Cor 13:11
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    11When I was a child, I made use of a child's language, I had a child's feelings and a child's thoughts: now that I am a man, I have put away the things of a child.

  • 1 Cor 12:1
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    1But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.

  • 1 Cor 2:1-4
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    1And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.

    2For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.

    3And I was with you without strength, in fear and in doubt.

    4And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:

  • 1 Cor 2:13-14
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    13And these are the things which we say, not in the language of man's wisdom, but in words given to us by the Spirit, judging the things of the spirit by the help of the Spirit.

    14For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

  • Gal 4:12-13
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    12My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong;

    13But you have knowledge that with a feeble body I was preaching the good news to you the first time;

  • 1 Cor 4:14-15
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    14I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.

    15For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.

  • Gal 3:3
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    3Are you so foolish? having made a start in the Spirit, will you now be made complete in the flesh?

  • Rom 1:13
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    13You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.

  • 1 Cor 1:17
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    17For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.

  • Isa 28:9
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    9To whom will he give knowledge? and to whom will he make clear the word? Will it be to those who have newly given up milk, and who have only now been taken from the breast?

  • 1 Cor 10:15
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    15What I am saying is for wise men, do you be the judges of it.

  • John 3:6
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    6That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.

  • 2 Cor 10:2-3
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    2Yes, I make my request to you, so that when I am with you I may not have to make use of the authority which may be needed against some to whom we seem to be walking after the flesh.

    3For though we may be living in the flesh, we are not fighting after the way of the flesh

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

  • 1 Cor 9:11
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    11If we have been planting the things of the Spirit for you, does it seem a great thing for you to give us a part in your things of this world?

  • Gal 4:19
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    19My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you,

  • 2 Cor 3:3
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    3For you are clearly a letter of Christ, the fruit of our work, recorded not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in stone, but in hearts of flesh.

  • 2 Cor 13:3
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    3Seeing that you are looking for a sign of Christ giving out his word in me; who is not feeble in relation to you, but is strong in you:

  • 2 Cor 11:1
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    1Put up with me if I am a little foolish: but, truly, you do put up with me.

  • Gal 4:3
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    3So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;

  • Gal 1:16
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    16To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,

  • Gal 6:1
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    1Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.

  • 1 Cor 15:46
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    46But that which is natural comes before that which is of the spirit.

  • 1 Cor 10:3
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    3And they all took the same holy food;

  • 2 Cor 11:6
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    6But though I am rough in my way of talking, I am not so in knowledge, as we have made clear to all by our acts among you.

  • Rom 1:11
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    11For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

  • Rom 7:14
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    14For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6My brothers, it is because of you that I have taken Apollos and myself as examples of these things, so that in us you might see that it is not wise to go farther than what is in the holy Writings, so that no one of you may be lifted up against his brother.

  • Eph 4:20
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    20For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you;

  • 1 Cor 1:12
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    12That is, that some of you say, I am of Paul; some say, I am of Apollos; some say, I am of Cephas; and some say, I am Christ's.

  • 1 Cor 11:1
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    1So take me for your example, even as I take Christ for mine.

  • Eph 3:3
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    3How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter,

  • Phlm 1:16
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    16No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother, very dear to me specially, but much more to you, in the flesh as well as in the Lord.