Who were the Corinthians Paul was addressing in 1 Corinthians 3?
The Corinthians addressed in 1 Corinthians 3 were carnal believers, not spiritual giants. They were still on the milk bottle and unable to eat strong meat. Even so, they were temples of the living God, and they were admonished that reward at the Bema Seat was still out there for them.
Les explains that the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 3 were not spiritual giants but carnal believers. They were still on the milk bottle and could not eat strong meat. Even so, they were being admonished that reward at the Bema Seat was out there for them. He notes that even those with nothing to sustain them for eternity as reward will still be there, by the skin of their teeth, but with nothing to go along with it. Then verse 16 introduces the doctrine that God Himself dwells in the body, a truth only Paul teaches and must be taken by faith. Even these Corinthians were temples of the living God.