King James Version
1 Corinthians 3:2 in the King James Version says “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.” — study this verse from 1 Corinthians chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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.”
1 Corinthians 3:2 · KJV
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
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? divisions: or, factions as men: Gr. according to man?
For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“with meat”
G1033food (literally or figuratively), especially (ceremonially) articles allowed or forbidden by the jewish law
“for”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“to bear it neither”
G235properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
“now”
G3568"now" (as adverb of date, a transition or emphasis); also as noun or adjective present or immediate
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