1 Corinthians 3:1-3 However, I could not speak to you, my brethren, as to the spiritual, or as to the dispassionate, but as to novices in christianity.

Mace⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ However, I could not speak to you, my brethren, as to the spiritual, or as to the dispassionate, but as to novices in christianity. ² I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, nor have you yet sufficient strength. ³ for you are still subject to your passions. since envy, and strife, and divisions are among you, are you not actuated by the vices of the animal part?