1 Corinthians 3:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • John 16:12 : 12 I haue yet many things to say vnto you, but ye cannot beare them nowe.
  • 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 As newe borne babes desire that sincere milke of the woorde, that yee may growe thereby,
  • Heb 5:11-14 : 11 Of whome we haue many things to say, which are hard to be vttered, because ye are dull of hearing. 12 For when as concerning ye time ye ought to be teachers, yet haue ye neede againe that we teach you what are the first principles of the worde of God: and are become such as haue neede of milke, and not of strong meate. 13 For euery one that vseth milke, is inexpert in the worde of righteousnes: for he is a babe. 14 But strong meate belongeth to them that are of age, which through long custome haue their wits exercised, to discerne both good and euill.

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  • 1 Cor 3:1
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    1And I could not speake vnto you, brethren, as vnto spirituall men, but as vnto carnall, euen as vnto babes in Christ.

  • Heb 5:11-14
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    11Of whome we haue many things to say, which are hard to be vttered, because ye are dull of hearing.

    12For when as concerning ye time ye ought to be teachers, yet haue ye neede againe that we teach you what are the first principles of the worde of God: and are become such as haue neede of milke, and not of strong meate.

    13For euery one that vseth milke, is inexpert in the worde of righteousnes: for he is a babe.

    14But strong meate belongeth to them that are of age, which through long custome haue their wits exercised, to discerne both good and euill.

  • 1 Cor 3:3-4
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    3For yee are yet carnall: for whereas there is among you enuying, and strife, and diuisions, are ye not carnall, and walke as men?

    4For when one sayeth, I am Pauls, and another, I am Apollos, are yee not carnall?

  • 1 Pet 2:2-3
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    2As newe borne babes desire that sincere milke of the woorde, that yee may growe thereby,

    3Because yee haue tasted that the Lorde is bountifull.

  • 1 Cor 14:20
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    20Brethren, be not children in vnderstanding, but as concerning maliciousnes be children, but in vnderstanding be of a ripe age.

  • 1 Thess 2:7-8
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    7But we were gentle among you, euen as a nource cherisheth her children.

    8Thus being affectioned toward you, our good will was to haue dealt vnto you, not the Gospel of God onely, but also our owne soules, because ye were deare vnto vs.

  • Isa 28:9
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    9Whome shall he teache knowledge? and whome shall he make to vnderstand the thinges that hee heareth? them that are weyned from the milke, and drawen from the breastes.

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    11When I was a childe, I spake as a childe, I vnderstoode as a childe, I thought as a childe: but when I became a man, I put away childish thinges.

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    12I haue yet many things to say vnto you, but ye cannot beare them nowe.

  • Gal 4:13
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    13And ye know, how through infirmitie of the flesh, I preached ye Gospel vnto you at the first.

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    14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloued children I admonish you.

    15For though ye haue tenne thousand instructours in Christ, yet haue ye not many fathers: for in Christ Iesus I haue begotten you through the Gospel.

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    3And I was among you in weakenesse, and in feare, and in much trembling.

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    13Which things also we speake, not in the woordes which mans wisedome teacheth, but which the holy Ghost teacheth, comparing spirituall things with spirituall things.

    14But the naturall man perceiueth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishnesse vnto him: neither can hee knowe them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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    1Woulde to God, yee coulde suffer a litle my foolishnes, & in deede, ye suffer me.

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    20But yee haue not so learned Christ,

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    14That we henceforth be no more children, wauering and caried about with euery winde of doctrine, by the deceit of men, and with craftines, whereby they lay in wait to deceiue.

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    3Euen so, we when wee were children, were in bondage vnder the rudiments of the world.

  • Heb 13:9
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    3And did all eat the same spiritual meat,

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    3Seeing that ye seeke experience of Christ, that speaketh in mee, which towarde you is not weake, but is mightie in you.

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    9But now seeing ye knowe God, yea, rather are knowen of God, howe turne ye againe vnto impotent and beggerly rudiments, whereunto as from the beginning ye wil be in bondage againe?

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    8Neither tooke we bread of any man for nought: but we wrought with labour and trauaile night and day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you.

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    19My litle children, of whome I trauaile in birth againe, vntill Christ be formed in you.

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    15And that thou hast knowen the holy Scriptures of a childe, which are able to make thee wise vnto saluation, through the faith which is in Christ Iesus.

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    14Behold, the thirde time I am ready to come vnto you, and yet will I not be slouthfull to your hinderance: for I seeke not yours, but you: for the children ought not to laye vp for the fathers, but the fathers for the children.

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