Carnal Christians -- do they exist?
Paul wrote (NKJV)
And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ.
I chose the NKJV because it retains the word “carnal,” and the term “carnal Christian” was derived from that. So do genuinely carnal Christians exist? Or are these new believers who haven’t progressed much? Or is Paul uncertain about their conversion?
This could tie in with 2 Corinthians 13:5 perhaps?
Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!
What do you think?
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I voted #1, but I see it mainly as a mixture of both of the first two.
Have read JMac and others’ arguments for ‘no such thing,’ but have not found them persuasive.
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I agree with what Aaron said.
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