GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
1 Brothers and sisters, I couldn't talk to you as spiritual people but as people still influenced by your corrupt nature. You were infants in your faith in Christ.
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Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ.
2 I gave you milk to drink. I didn't give you solid food because you weren't ready for it. Even now you aren't ready for it
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I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready.
3 because you're still influenced by your corrupt nature. When you are jealous and quarrel among yourselves, aren't you influenced by your corrupt nature and living by human standards?
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You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans?
4 When some of you say, "I follow Paul" and others say, "I follow Apollos," aren't you acting like [sinful] humans?
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For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings?
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