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“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
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3. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 4. For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I [am] of Apollos; are ye not carnal? 5. Who then is Paul, and who [is] Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
1 Corinthians 3:3-5 — KJV
Carnal. Gr. sarkikos (see on v. 1). By this term Paul did not necessarily imply that the Corinthians were wholly given over to the flesh, as were the unregenerate, but rather that they were still partly under its influence.
Envying, and strife. Gr. zelos kai eris, “jealousy and contention,” listed among the works of the flesh (translated “emulations” and “variance,” Gal. 5:20). The former gives rise to the latter. The spirit of jealousy and evil imaginings prevented the Holy Spirit from having full access to the hearts of the Corinthians (see AA 271; 5T 241). The desires and feelings that dominate the natural heart must be subdued by the power of Jesus before man is able to understand and appreciate the plan of salvation.
Divisions. Gr. dichostasiai (see on Rom. 16:17). Textual evidence may be cited (cf. p. 10) for the omission of this word. Dichostasiai are also mentioned in Gal. 5:20 as among the works of the flesh.
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