WEB
KJV
1. And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, [even] as unto babes in Christ.

ASV
1. And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ.

ESV
1. But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

ERVEN
1. Brothers and sisters, when I was there, I could not talk to you the way I talk to people who are led by the Spirit. I had to talk to you like ordinary people of the world. You were like babies in Christ.

NLT
1. Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I couldn't talk to you as I would to spiritual people. I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in the Christian life.

NET
1. So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

NLV
1. Christian brothers, I could not speak to you as to full-grown Christians. I spoke to you as men who have not obeyed the things you have been taught. I spoke to you as if you were baby Christians.

HCSB
1. Brothers, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ.

YLT
1. And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly -- as to babes in Christ;

LITV
1. And, brothers, I was not able to speak to you as to spiritual ones, but as to fleshly ones, as to babes in Christ.

RV
1. And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ.

NCV
1. Brothers and sisters, in the past I could not talk to you as I talk to spir- itual people. I had to talk to you as I would to people without the Spirit -- babies in Christ.

MKJV
1. And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual ones, but as to fleshly, as to babes in Christ.

AKJV
1. And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, even as to babes in Christ.

LXXEN



KJV
1. And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, [even] as unto babes in Christ.

AMP
1. HOWEVER, BRETHREN, I could not talk to you as to spiritual [men], but as to nonspiritual [men of the flesh, in whom the carnal nature predominates], as to mere infants [in the new life] in Christ [unable to talk yet!]

KJVP
1. And G2532 CONJ I G1473 P-1NS , brethren G80 N-VPM , could G1410 V-AOI-1S not G3756 PRT-N speak G2980 V-AAN unto you G5213 P-2DP as G5613 ADV unto spiritual G4152 A-DPM , but G235 CONJ as G5613 ADV unto carnal G4559 A-DPM , [ even ] as G5613 ADV unto babes G3516 A-DPM in G1722 PREP Christ G5547 N-DSM .

YLT
1. And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly -- as to babes in Christ;

ASV
1. And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ.

WEB
1. Brothers, I couldn't speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ.

NASB
1. Brothers, I could not talk to you as spiritual people, but as fleshly people, as infants in Christ.

ESV
1. But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

RV
1. And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ.

RSV
1. But I, brethren, could not address you as spiritual men, but as men of the flesh, as babes in Christ.

NKJV
1. And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual [people] but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ.

MKJV
1. And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual ones, but as to fleshly, as to babes in Christ.

AKJV
1. And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, even as to babes in Christ.

NRSV
1. And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

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

NIRV
1. Brothers and sisters, I couldn't speak to you as if you were guided by the Holy Spirit. I had to speak to you as if you were following the ways of the world. You aren't growing as Christ wants you to. You are still like babies.

NLT
1. Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I couldn't talk to you as I would to spiritual people. I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in the Christian life.

MSG
1. But for right now, friends, I'm completely frustrated by your unspiritual dealings with each other and with God. You're acting like infants in relation to Christ,

GNB
1. As a matter of fact, my friends, I could not talk to you as I talk to people who have the Spirit; I had to talk to you as though you belonged to this world, as children in the Christian faith.

NET
1. So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

ERVEN
1. Brothers and sisters, when I was there, I could not talk to you the way I talk to people who are led by the Spirit. I had to talk to you like ordinary people of the world. You were like babies in Christ.