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.

¹³ for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is ^(A)a child.

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.

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.

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.

²⁰ Brothers, ^(A)do not be children in your thinking. ^(B)Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be ^(C)mature.

¹⁴ For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, ^(A)sold under sin.

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.