I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, for you were not yet able to eat it. But now you are still not able, for you are still fleshly. For where there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and do you not live like unregenerate people?[a] For whenever anyone says, “I am with Paul,” and another, “I am with Apollos,” are you not merely human?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 3:3 That is, like people who do not possess the Spirit at all

I gave you milk, not solid food,(A) for you were not yet ready for it.(B) Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling(C) among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,”(D) are you not mere human beings?

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I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.

For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

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I fed you with (A)milk and not with solid food; (B)for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and [a]behaving like mere men? For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not carnal?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 3:3 Lit. walking according to man