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.
But I, my friends, could not speak to you as people with spiritual insight, but only as worldly-minded – mere infants in the faith of Christ.
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 with solid food, for you were not then able to take it. No, and even now you are not able; you are still worldly.
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?
While there exist among you jealousy and party feeling, is it not true that you are worldly, and are acting merely as other people do?
4 For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of Apollos; are you not talking like natural men?
When one says “I follow Paul,” and another “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you like other people?
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, I ask, is Apollos? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you were led to accept the faith; and that only as the Lord helped each of you.
6 I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase.
I planted, and Apollos watered, but it was God who caused the growth.
7 So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase.
Therefore neither the one who plants, nor the one who waters, counts for anything, but only God who causes the growth.
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.
In this the person who plants and the person who waters are one; yet each will receive their own reward in proportion to their own labour.
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 harvest 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.
In fulfilment of the charge which God had entrusted to me, I laid the foundation like a skilful master; but someone else is now building on it. Let everyone take care how they build;
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 the one already laid – Jesus Christ.
12 But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems;
Whatever is used by those who build on this foundation, whether 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.
the quality of each man’s work will become known, for the day will make it plain; because that day is to be ushered in with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of every man’s work.
14 If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward.
If anyone’s work, which they have built on that foundation, still remains, they will gain 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 anyone’s work is burnt up, they will suffer loss; though they themselves will escape, but only as one who has passed 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?
Don’t you know that you are God’s Temple, and that God’s Spirit has his home 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 any one destroys the Temple of God, God will destroy them; for the Temple of God is sacred, and so also are you.
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 any one among you imagines that, as regards this world, they are wise, they should become a “fool,” that they 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 in God’s sight this world’s wisdom is folly. Scripture tells of – “One who catches the wise in their own craftiness,”
20 And again, The Lord has knowledge of the reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing.
And it says again – “The Lord sees how fruitless are the deliberations of the wise.”
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 Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or the present, or the future – all things are yours!
23 And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
But you are Christ’s and Christ is God’s.
