1 Corinthians 3:2-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 I fed you milk, not solid food, because you were unable to take it. Indeed, you are still not able, even now,(A) 3 for you are still of the flesh. While there is jealousy and rivalry among you,[a] are you not of the flesh and behaving in an ordinary human way?(B)
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- 3:3–4 Jealousy, rivalry, and divisions in the community are symptoms of their arrested development; they reveal the immaturity both of their self-understanding (1 Cor 3:4) and of the judgments about their apostles (1 Cor 3:21).
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