And I, fellow believers, found myself unable to address you as spiritually mature people, but instead had to speak to you as people still dominated by fleshly desires, as spiritual infants in Christ.
Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ.
NMVAnd I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal (of the flesh, sensual), [even] as unto babes in Moshiach [Messiah].
OJBAchim b'Moshiach, I was not able to speak to you as to men of hitkhadshut and ruchaniyut; I had to speak to you as bnei basar, as olalim b'Moshiach.
TCENTAnd so, brothers, I could not address you as spiritual men, but as men of the flesh, as infants in Christ.
T4TMy fellow believers, when I was with you previously, I was not able to teach you as I would teach people who are controlled by the Holy Spirit {whom the Holy Spirit controls}. Instead, I had to teach you as I would teach people whom their self-directed nature controls. I taught very simple concepts to you who had recently believed in Christ, as a parent would speak very simple words to a baby.