< 1 Corinthians 3 >

1 And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.
And I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual, but as fleshly, as infants in Meshikha.
2 I gave you milk and not meat, because you were, then, unable to take it, and even now you are not able;
I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you weren't yet ready. And even now you are still not ready,
3 Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?
for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and living by human standards?
4 For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of Apollos; are you not talking like natural men?
For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not merely human?
5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him.
6 I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase.
I planted. Apollos watered. But God made it grow.
7 So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase.
So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who makes it grow.
8 Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.
Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
9 For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.
For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.
10 In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.
According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one be careful how he builds on it.
11 For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.
For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Yeshua Meshikha.
12 But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems;
But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw;
13 Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.
each man's work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is.
14 If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward.
If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.
15 If the fire puts an end to any man's work, it will be his loss: but he will get salvation himself, though as by fire.
If any man's work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.
16 Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you?
Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Rukha lives in you?
17 If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.
If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
18 Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise. (aiōn g165)
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is 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 foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He traps the wise in their craftiness."
20 And again, The Lord has knowledge of the reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing.
And again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile."
21 So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;
Therefore let no one boast about people. For all things are yours,
22 Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
whether Paul, or Apollos, or Kipha, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,
23 And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
and you are Meshikha's, and Meshikha is God's.

< 1 Corinthians 3 >