1 Corinthians 3:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 3:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 3:3 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 3:3 — KJV
“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?”
— 1 Corinthians 3:3 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 3:3 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 3:3
“If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 3:3: yet, men, according
“There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them. were...: Heb. walked”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 3:3: among, walk, men
“And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron. the city...: or, Kirjatharba”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 3:3: among, men, according
“And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 3:3: among, men, according
“Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 3:3: among, men, according
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