...this very Epistle he gives us a strong reason for his condescension. " And I brethren," says he, " could not speak unto you as •unto spiritual, but...unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have ted you with milk and not with meat, for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet are ye now...

...they had not the power of miracles, which he intended shortly to come, and show they had not. TEXT. 1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, eren as unto babes in Christ. PARAPHRASE. 1 And I, brethren, found you so given up to pride and vainglory,...

...the careless and ignorant. " I have many things to say unto you, but ye " cannot bear them now." " I have fed you with " milk, and not with meat ; for hitherto ye were u not able to bear it ; neither yet now are ye able, " for ye are carnal, &c." " Strong meat belong"...

...who had as good an opinion of themselves, as numbers now have, and with almost as little reason, " I could not speak unto you " as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal. I have " fed you with milk, and not with meat, for hi" therto yc were not able to bear it; neither...

...ness, than to hang her ears with counterfeit pearls. That is a remarkable scripture in 1 Cor. iii. 1,2; And I brethren could not speak unto you, as unto spiritual,...not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. The apostle did not soar aloft in the clouds, and express the mysteries of the gospel in such a dark...

...better to offer than hitherto. The time has come for the strong food of which St. Paul speaks : — " I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for...not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able." (1 Corinthians iii. 2.) ' ' For everyone that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness...

...the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 1 Cor. 3:2 2 I have fed you wilh milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 1 Cor. 3:3 3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions,...

...we have the mind of Christ. CHAPTER 80 SERVICE AND CONDUCT Effect of Divisions 1 Corinthians 3:1-23 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto infants in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with food: for previously you were not able to...

...hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. Ill [1] AND I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ. [2] I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it:...

...their use of the milk in 1 Corinthians, Chapter Three, verses one, two, and three, where he writes: And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto...ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there are among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? And notice the...