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

 2 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.

 3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas *there is* among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

 4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I *am* of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

 5 Who then is Paul, and who *is* Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

 9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, *ye are* God’s building.

 10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

 11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

 13 Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.

 14 If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

 15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

 16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and *that* the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which *temple* ye are.

 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

 20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

 21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;

 22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

 23 And ye are Christ’s; and Christ *is* God’s.
 
[1 Corinthians 2](/study/1-corinthians/2) [1 Corinthians 4](/study/1-corinthians/4)

## Commentary

 To verse 1
 
1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, *even* as unto babes in Christ. **** 

Ver. 1. **Could not speak unto you** ] Unless I would beat the air, and lose my sweet words: *q.d.* You quarrel me for a shallow trivial teacher, when yourselves are in fault, as not yet capable of more mysterious matter. Our Saviour preached (not as he could have preached, but) "as the people were able to hear," [Mark 4:33](/kjv/mark/4/33) . So the author to the Hebrews, [1 Corinthians 5:11](/kjv/1-corinthians/5/11) . Some impute not their profiting to the minister, as he in Seneca, that having a thorn in his foot complained of the roughness of the way as the cause of his limping. Or as she in the same author, that being struck with a sudden blindness, bade open the windows, when as it was not lack of light, but lack of sight that troubled her. 

**As unto carnal, even as unto babes** ] Or, at least as unto babes, not yet past the spoon, and that must have their meats masticated for them by their nurses.

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