1 Corinthians 3:1
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Divisions in the Church
3 But I, brothers,[a] could not address you as (A)spiritual people, but as (B)people of the flesh, as (C)infants in Christ.
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- 1 Corinthians 3:1 Or brothers and sisters
1 Corinthians 3:1
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The Church and Its Leaders
3 Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit(A) but as people who are still worldly(B)—mere infants(C) in Christ.
Hebrews 5:13
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13 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is (A)a child.
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Hebrews 5:13
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13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant,(A) is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness.
1 Corinthians 2:14-15
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14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are (A)folly to him, and (B)he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The (C)spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.
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1 Corinthians 2:14-15
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14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God(A) but considers them foolishness,(B) and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. 15 The person with the Spirit(C) makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments,
Ephesians 4:13-14
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13 until we all attain to (A)the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, (B)to mature manhood,[a] to the measure of the stature of (C)the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, (D)tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in (E)deceitful schemes.
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- Ephesians 4:13 Greek to a full-grown man
Ephesians 4:13-14
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13 until we all reach unity(A) in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God(B) and become mature,(C) attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.(D)
14 Then we will no longer be infants,(E) tossed back and forth by the waves,(F) and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.(G)
1 Corinthians 14:20
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20 Brothers, (A)do not be children in your thinking. (B)Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be (C)mature.
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1 Corinthians 14:20
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20 Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children.(A) In regard to evil be infants,(B) but in your thinking be adults.
1 Corinthians 2:6
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Wisdom from the Spirit
6 Yet among (A)the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not (B)a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, (C)who are doomed to pass away.
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1 Corinthians 2:6
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God’s Wisdom Revealed by the Spirit
6 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature,(A) but not the wisdom of this age(B) or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.(C)
Romans 7:14
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14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, (A)sold under sin.
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Romans 7:14
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1 John 2:12
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12 I am writing to you, little children,
because (A)your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.
1 John 2:12
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Reasons for Writing
Galatians 6:1
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Bear One Another's Burdens
6 Brothers,[a] (A)if anyone is caught in any transgression, (B)you who are spiritual should restore him in (C)a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
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- Galatians 6:1 Or Brothers and sisters; also verse 18
Galatians 6:1
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Doing Good to All
6 Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit(A) should restore(B) that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.
1 Corinthians 3:3-4
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3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there is (A)jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? 4 For (B)when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” (C)are you not being merely human?
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1 Corinthians 3:3-4
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3 You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling(A) among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? 4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,”(B) are you not mere human beings?
Matthew 16:23
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23 But he turned and said to Peter, (A)“Get behind me, Satan! You are (B)a hindrance[a] to me. For you (C)are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”
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- Matthew 16:23 Greek stumbling block
Matthew 16:23
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23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan!(A) You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
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