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1 Corinthians 3:1

Christian Standard Bible

1 For my part, brothers and sisters, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ.

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American Standard Version

And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ.

English Standard Version

But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

King James Version

And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

New American Standard Bible

And I, brothers and sisters, could not speak to you as spiritual people, but only as fleshly, as to infants in Christ.

New International Version

Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ.

New King James Version

And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ.

New Living Translation

Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I couldn’t talk to you as I would to spiritual people. I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in Christ.

World English Bible

Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ.