1 Corinthians 3
1 And so, brothers, I was not able to speak to you as if to those who are spiritual, but rather as if to those who are carnal. For you are like infants 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 to drink, not solid food. For you were not yet able. And indeed, even now, you are not able; for you are still carnal.
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 And since there is still envy and contention among you, are you not carnal, and are you not walking according to man?
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 if one says, “Certainly, I am of Paul,” while another says, “I am of Apollo,” are you not men? But what is Apollo, and what is Paul?
When one says ‘I follow Paul,’ and another ‘I follow Apollos,’ aren’t you like other people?
5 We are only the ministers of him in whom you have believed, just as the Lord has granted to each of you.
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 planted, Apollo watered, but God provided the growth.
I planted, and Apollos watered, but it was God who caused the growth.
7 And so, neither he who plants, nor he who waters, is anything, but only God, who provides the growth.
Therefore neither the one who plants, nor the one who waters, counts for anything, but only God who causes the growth.
8 Now he who plants, and he who waters, are one. But each shall receive his proper reward, according to his labors.
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 labor.
9 For we are God’s assistants. You are God’s cultivation; you are God’s construction.
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s harvest field, God’s building.
10 According to the grace of God, which has been given to me, I have laid the foundation like a wise architect. But another builds upon it. So then, let each one be careful how he builds upon it.
In fulfillment of the charge which God had entrusted to me, I laid the foundation like a skillful master; but someone else is now building on it. Let everyone take care how they build;
11 For no one is able to lay any other foundation, in place of that which has been laid, which is Christ Jesus.
for no one can lay any other foundation than the one already laid – Jesus Christ.
12 But if anyone builds upon this foundation, whether gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or stubble,
Whatever is used by those who build on this foundation, whether gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,
13 each one’s work shall be made manifest. For the day of the Lord shall declare it, because it will be revealed by fire. And this fire will test each one’s work, as to what kind it is.
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 anyone’s work, which he has built upon it, remains, then he will receive a reward.
If anyone’s work, which they have built on that foundation, still remains, they will gain a reward.
15 If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer its loss, but he himself will still be saved, but only as through 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 know that you are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God lives within you?
Don’t you know that you are God’s Temple, and that God’s Spirit has his home in you?
17 But if anyone violates the Temple of God, God will destroy him. For the Temple of God is holy, and you are that Temple.
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 one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish, so that he may be truly 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 foolishness with God. And so it has been written: “I will catch the wise in their own astuteness.”
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 knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.”
And it says again – ‘The Lord sees how fruitless are the deliberations of the wise.’
21 And so, let no one glory in men.
Therefore let no one boast about people; for all things are yours –
22 For all is yours: whether Paul, or Apollo, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or the present, or the future. Yes, all is 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 But you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
But you are Christ’s and Christ is God’s.
