1 Corinthians 3:1-4
1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. 2 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; 3 for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? 4 For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not carnal?
1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. 2 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; 3 for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? 4 For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not carnal?
When the mind is set on leaders, self, or competition, it is as carnal as a baby. An infant only desires what entertains itself, and cannot swallow meatier food than the basics. Paul here used that comparison to show the Corinthians that they were obsessed with such feeding of the flesh nature and not the spiritual. Along with their spiritual malnourishment came the fleshly arguments and resulting splits from that comparison and cliquish mentality. We can learn from this to feed our spirit by His word, not aligning with spiritual “giants” or favorite leaders, but with Christ as the head.
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