1 Corinthians 3:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 3:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 3:2 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "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." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 3:2 — KJV
“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)
1 Corinthians 3:2 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 3:2
“Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 3:2: able, neither, yet
“Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 3:2: able, bear, neither
“And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 3:2: fed, neither, now
“But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 3:2: bear, neither, now
“Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. Now...: or, Thus did Samuel before he knew the LORD, and before the word of the LORD was revealed unto him”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 3:2: neither, yet, now
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