1 Corinthians 3:1 (WEB)
Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ.
Fathers and councils · 34
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Justly, therefore, did the apostle call all such “carnal” and “animal,” —[all those, namely], who through their own unbelief and luxury do not receive the Divine Spirit, and in their various phases cast out from themselves the…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 14, 1 Cor. iii. 1, etc.
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Jerome
“Whence, writing to the Corinthians, he says, “I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1, 2, 3.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And as yet doth he that saith, I “could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal,” even he, as yet, doth not count himself to have apprehended, and forgetteth those things which are behind, and reacheth forth to those things which are before,…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“For they are necessary to such as he Thy most prudent servant could not speak unto as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal—even he who speaketh wisdom among those that are perfect.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“But even the Lord concealed the truth, when He said to the disciples, not yet strong enough, “I have many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now:” and the Apostle Paul when he said, “I could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“I cannot take babes and sucklings to be any other than those to whom the Apostle says, “As unto babes in Christ I have given you milk to drink, not meat.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“And the Apostle, “I could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“To such men saith the Apostle, “I could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as to babes in Christ I gave you milk to drink, not meat; for ye were not able, but not even now are ye able.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“A little one thou art, not yet thou understandest the secret things of words: perchance from thee the bread is hidden, and as yet with milk thou must be fed: be not angry with the breasts: they will make thee fit for the table, for which now little fitted thou art.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“Hear in what manner he droppeth upon babes, while they are rising up, that is, in their recent rising having small capacities: the Apostle saith, “To you I could not speak as if to spiritual, but as if to carnal, as if to babes in Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“See what saith the Apostle: “I could not speak to you as if to spiritual, but as if to carnal.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“He is Himself the “Mountain full of curds,” because of the babes to be fed with grace as though it were with milk; a mountain rich to strengthen and enrich them by the excellence of the gifts; for even the milk itself whence curd is made, in a wonderful manner signifieth…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“For ye are yet carnal.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 12, iii. 1–4.
Read the whole comment“For whereas there is among you emulation, and strife, are ye not carnal?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1, 2, 3
Read the whole comment“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.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1, 2
Read the whole comment“To whom also a little while after he says, “I could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1
Read the whole comment“For ye are yet carnal.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“It is to men of this kind, then, that is, to animal men, he shortly after says, “And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“For those persons were carnal, not in a fleshly, but in a spiritual way, to whom the apostle said, “I could not speak to you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“You have heard him ascending, hear him descending: “I could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal; as babes in Christ I have fed you with milk, not with meat.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“…unto babes in Christ I have given you milk to drink, and not meat to eat: for hitherto ye were not able; neither yet now are ye able; for ye are yet carnal;” and with these, “We speak wisdom among them that are perfect;” and with these also, “Comparing spiritual things with spiritual: but the natural man perceiveth…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“As unto babes in Christ, I have given you milk to drink, and not meat to eat: for hitherto ye were not able; neither yet now are ye able; for ye are yet carnal?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“…be ours; but such as was he who said, “We speak wisdom among them that are perfect;” and, “I could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal;” and, “We have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“‘For every one that partaketh of milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness,’ according to the words of that divine man.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1; Heb. v. 13.
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John Chrysostom
“Wherefore Paul saith, “I could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal; I have fed you with milk, and not with meat.” ( 1 Cor. iii. 1, 2.)” — the author cites it
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Cyprian of Carthage
“For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there are still among you jealousy, and contention, and strifes, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1–3.
Read the whole comment“For ye are still carnal: for where there are in you emulation, and strife, and dissensions, are ye not carnal, and walk after man?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1–3.
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Basil the Great
““The Apostle rightly calls carnal them that are unbridled and carried away to their own desires, having no desire for the Holy Spirit,” and in another passage Irenæus says, “The Apostle exclaimed that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of the heavens lest we, being without share in the…” — editor's note: The reference is presumably to 1 Cor. ii. 11 and iii. 1.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“For some need to be fed with the milk of the most simple and elementary doctrines, viz., those who are in habit babes and, so to say, new-made, and unable to bear the manly food of the word: nay,…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1, 2; Heb. v. 12–14.
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Gregory the Great
“As it were to babes in Christ, I have given you milk to drink, and not meat (1 Cor. iii. 1, 2).” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
“So also may we take the Scripture: “And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ;” so that the carnal may be understood as those recently instructed, and still babes in Christ.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envy and strife, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1–3.
Read the whole comment“For ye are yet carnal.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1–3.
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Tertullian
“That they likewise (remember), what was written to the Corinthians, that they “were yet carnal,” who “required to be fed with milk,” being as yet “unable to bear strong meat;” who also “thought that they knew somewhat, whereas they knew not yet anything, as they ought to know.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 1, and following verses.
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Cross-references · 36
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 26.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.40.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 28.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 28.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 26.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 26.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 28.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity I.1.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.4.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.40.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.40.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.40.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 28.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 28.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.40.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity I.1.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 102.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.21.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.40.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.4.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.40.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity I.1.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.4 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.4.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.4.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8 and 1 other place.