< 1 Corinthians 3 >

1 Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly—as to babies in Christ;
2 I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
with milk I fed you, and not with meat, for you were not yet able, but not even yet are you now able,
3 for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
for yet you are fleshly, for where [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not fleshly, and walk in the manner of men?
4 For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
For when one may say, “I, indeed, am of Paul,” and another, “I—of Apollos,” are you not fleshly?
5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
Who, then, is Paul, and who Apollos, but servants through whom you believed, and to each as the LORD gave?
6 I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth;
7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth—God;
8 He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
and he who is planting and he who is watering are one, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor,
9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
for we are fellow-workmen of God; you are God’s tillage, God’s building.
10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, I have laid a foundation, and another builds on [it],
11 For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
for no one is able to lay another foundation except that which is laid, which is Jesus the Christ;
12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
and if anyone builds on this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw—
13 his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.
the work will become visible of each, for the day will declare [it], because it is revealed in fire, and the work of each, what kind it is, the fire will prove;
14 If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.
if the work of anyone remains that he built on [it], he will receive a wage;
15 If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.
if the work of any is burned up, he will suffer loss, but himself will be saved, but so as through fire.
16 Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
Have you not known that you are a temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwells in you?
17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
If anyone ruins the temple of God, God will ruin him; for the temple of God is holy, which you are.
18 Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise. (aiōn g165)
Let no one deceive himself; if anyone seems to be wise among you in this age—let him become a fool, that he may become wise, (aiōn g165)
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it has been written: “Who is taking the wise in their craftiness”;
20 And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
and again, “The LORD knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.”
21 Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
So then, let no one glory in men, for all things are yours,
22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things about to be—all are yours,
23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
and you [are] Christ’s, and Christ [is] God’s.

< 1 Corinthians 3 >