milk before meat

The story

1. Koine Greek · derived fromἐπότισα γάλα οὐ βρῶμα“I gave you milk, not meat [or solid food]”
2. English todaymilk before meat

From 1 Corinthians 3:2, in Koine Greek ἐπότισα γάλα οὐ βρῶμα (epótisa gála ou brôma, “I gave you milk, not meat [or solid food]”), and in a Mormon context Doctrine and Covenants 19:22: “For they cannot bear meat now, but milk they must receive”. In the form milk before meat, first attested in the early 20th century.