Section 3:1–23

Christian workers serve the Lord by building his church together

3:1a Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual,

My Christian friends, ⌊when I was in Corinth,⌋ I could not talk to you as I talk to spiritual people.
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My fellow believers, ⌊when I came to visit you,⌋ I was not able to teach/talk to you as I talk to people who have the ⌊Holy⌋ Spirit guiding/controlling them.

3:1b but as worldly—

Rather, ⌊I was only able to talk to you⌋ as I talk to people of this world.
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No, I had to talk to you as I talk to people who follow their own desires.

3:1c as infants in Christ.

It was as though you were babies ⌊for you had just begun to trust⌋ in Christ.
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⌊I had to speak to you that way because at that that time⌋ you had just begun to believe in Christ.

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