1 Corinthians 3:1

NETBible

So, brothers and sisters, 1  I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, 2  as infants in Christ.

NIV ©

Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly—mere infants in Christ.

NASB ©

And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ.

NLT ©

Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I couldn’t talk to you as I would to mature Christians. I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in the Christian life.

MSG ©

But for right now, friends, I'm completely frustrated by your unspiritual dealings with each other and with God. You're acting like infants in relation to Christ,

BBE ©

And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.

NRSV ©

And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

NKJV ©

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

KJV
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NASB ©
And I, brethren
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NET [draft] ITL
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NETBible

So, brothers and sisters, 1  I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, 2  as infants in Christ.

NET Notes

1 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.

2 tn Grk “fleshly [people]”; the Greek term here is σαρκινός (BDAG 914 s.v. 1).