1 Corinthians 3:2 - Compare All Versions
1 Corinthians 3:2 NIV (New International Version)
I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready.
1 Corinthians 3:2 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready
1 Corinthians 3:2 NLT (New Living Translation)
I had to feed you with milk, not with solid food, because you weren’t ready for anything stronger. And you still aren’t ready
1 Corinthians 3:2 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, since you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready
1 Corinthians 3:2 KJV (King James Version)
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 NKJV (New King James Version)
I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able
1 Corinthians 3:1-4 MSG (The Message)
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, capable of nothing much more than nursing at the breast. Well, then, I’ll nurse you since you don’t seem capable of anything more. As long as you grab for what makes you feel good or makes you look important, are you really much different than a babe at the breast, content only when everything’s going your way? When one of you says, “I’m on Paul’s side,” and another says, “I’m for Apollos,” aren’t you being totally childish?
1 Corinthians 3:2 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to consume it. But even now you are not yet able
1 Corinthians 3:2 AMP (Amplified Bible)
I fed you with milk, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Even now you are still not ready.
1 Corinthians 3:2 NET (New English Translation)
I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready. In fact, you are still not ready