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[welkins2139]

1)grace to you

2)according to the grace of God

3)as to babes in Christ.

would you explain that?

Thank you

[CP]

It looks like you are reading something religious. Can you copy the passage so we can see these in context?
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[welkins2139]

1) Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1a) Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ

2) According to the agrace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

3) And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

Thank you very much, CP!

[CP]

Okay, King James version of the Bible.

(1) From Paul's letter to Philemon and others, right at the beginning of the book of Philemon, Paul starts the letter wishing nice things for the people he is writing to. He wishes them grace and peace from God and Jesus.

When someone says to you, "Peace," he or she is saying, "Let there be peace" or "May you have peace" or "Peace be unto you." That's what Paul was saying, but adding grace of God to the peace.

(1a) From Paul's letter to the Romans, starting out wishing them the same nice things. Personally, I never send the same things to people in two different letters, but wishing grace and peace to people was pretty much part of an Apostle's job, so that's all right in this case.

(2) From I Corinthians 3, " And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ" means, in today's English:

"And, brothers, I could not speak to you spiritually, but only in the flesh, just as though you were babies in Christ." That last part probably means something like "just as though you were little babies who are not yet mature enough to know anything about Christ yet."

I'm no biblical scholar, so I welcome better interpretations from people who are.
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