Focused Passage

1 Corinthians 3:1-4

God’s Field, God’s Building, God’s Temple

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1Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.

2I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,

3for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?

4For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?

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Verse 1

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BrothersἀδελφοίG80Noun - Vocative Masculine PluralIΚἀγώG2504Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person SingularvvvοὐκG3756Adverbcould notἠδυνήθηνG1410Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person SingularaddressλαλῆσαιG2980Verb - Aorist Infinitive ActiveyouὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluralasὡςG5613AdverbspiritualπνευματικοῖςG4152Adjective - Dative Masculine Pluralbutἀλλ’G235ConjunctionasὡςG5613AdverbworldlyσαρκίνοιςG4560Adjective - Dative Masculine PluralasὡςG5613AdverbinfantsνηπίοιςG3516Adjective - Dative Masculine PluralinἐνG1722PrepositionChristΧριστῷG5547Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Verse 2

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vvvὑμᾶςG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person PluralI gave youἐπότισαG4222Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularmilkγάλαG1051Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularnotοὐG3756Adverbsolid foodβρῶμαG1033Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularforγὰρG1063ConjunctionvvvοὔπωG3768Adverbyou were not yet ready [for solid food]ἐδύνασθεG1410Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person PluralIn factἈλλ’G235ConjunctionvvvνῦνG3568AdverbvvvἔτιG2089AdverbvvvοὐδὲG3761Adverbyou are still not readyδύνασθεG1410Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural
Verse 3

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forγὰρG1063Conjunctionyou areἐστεG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person PluralstillἔτιG2089AdverbworldlyσαρκικοίG4559Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralForγὰρG1063Conjunctionsince [there is]ὅπουG3699AdverbjealousyζῆλοςG2205Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctiondissensionἔριςG2054Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularamongἐνG1722PrepositionyouὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Pluralare youἐστεG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person PluralnotοὐχὶG3780IntPrtclworldlyσαρκικοίG4559Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural[ Are you not ]καὶG2532ConjunctionwalkingπεριπατεῖτεG4043Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Pluralin the way ofκατὰG2596PrepositionmanἄνθρωπονG444Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Verse 4

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ForγὰρG1063ConjunctionwhenὅτανG3752Conjunctionone [of you]τιςG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine SingularsaysλέγῃG3004Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular-μένG3303ConjunctionIἘγὼG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular[follow]εἰμιG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularPaulΠαύλουG3972Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularandδέG1161ConjunctionanotherἕτεροςG2087Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularIἘγὼG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular[follow] ApollosἈπολλῶG625Noun - Genitive Masculine Singularare youἐστεG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person PluralnotοὐκG3756Adverbmere menἄνθρωποίG444Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural

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