1 Corinthians 3:3
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?”
ἔτι
Still, yet, even more. Éti. The word carries both time and degree — there is still time, and there is still more. While breath remains, neither grace nor opportunity has run out. Do not stop short.
σαρκικός
fleshly
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σαρκικός
Fleshly, carnal, of the flesh. Sarkinos. The desires of the flesh are against the Spirit. The flesh is not the body. It is the self-directed life that ignores God. Crucify it.
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εἰμί
are you
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εἰμί
To be, to exist. Eimi. When God names himself I AM, he uses this word. Existence itself belongs to him. Ground your identity in the one who simply is.
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ζῆλος
jealousy
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ζῆλος
properly, heat, i.e. (figuratively) "zeal" (in a favorable sense, ardor; in an unfavorable one, jealousy, as of a husband (figuratively, of God), or an enemy, malice)
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ἔρις
strife
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ἔρις
Quarrel, wrangling, strife. Eris. Paul lists it among the works of the flesh and warns it marks the divisive, not the Spirit-filled. Where eris takes root, unity dies. Root it out.
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διχοστασία
dissensions
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διχοστασία
Dissension, disunity, division. Dichostasía. Paul lists it among the works of the flesh and warns believers to mark those who cause it. Division in the body is never a minor matter. Refuse to feed it.
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οὐχί
surely
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οὐχί
Not indeed, certainly not. Ouchí. This intensified negation appears in moments of sharp contrast and rhetorical clarity. God's purposes are never ambiguous. Let the yes be yes, and the no mean no.
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περιπατέω
are walking?
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περιπατέω
To walk, to live, to conduct oneself. Peripateo. Walk worthy of the calling to which you have been called. How you live is the walking commentary on what you believe.
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