1 Corinthians 3
1 And I, brethren, have not been able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly; as to babes 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 have given you milk to drink, not meat, for ye have not yet been able, nor indeed are ye yet 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 for ye are yet carnal. For whereas [there are] among you emulation and strife, are ye not carnal, and walk 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 when one says, I am of Paul, and another, I of Apollos, are ye not men?
When one says ‘I follow Paul,’ and another ‘I follow Apollos,’ aren’t you like other people?
5 Who then is Apollos, and who Paul? Ministering servants, through whom ye have believed, and as the Lord has given to each.
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 have planted; Apollos watered; but God has given the increase.
I planted, and Apollos watered, but it was God who caused the growth.
7 So that neither the planter is anything, nor the waterer; but God the giver of the increase.
Therefore neither the one who plants, nor the one who waters, counts for anything, but only God who causes the growth.
8 But the planter and the waterer are one; but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
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 fellow-workmen; ye are God's husbandry, God's building.
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, as a wise architect, I have laid the foundation, but another builds upon it. But let each see 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 other foundation can no man lay besides that which [is] laid, which is Jesus Christ.
for no one can lay any other foundation than the one already laid – Jesus Christ.
12 Now if any one build upon [this] foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, straw,
Whatever is used by those who build on this foundation, whether gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,
13 the work of each shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare [it], because it is revealed in fire; and the fire shall try the work of each what 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 the work of any one which he has built upon [the foundation] shall abide, he shall receive a reward.
If anyone’s work, which they have built on that foundation, still remains, they will gain a reward.
15 If the work of any one shall be consumed, he shall suffer loss, but he shall be saved, but so as through [the] 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 ye not know that ye are [the] temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwells in you?
Don’t you know that you are God’s Temple, and that God’s Spirit has his home in you?
17 If any one corrupt the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.
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 any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, 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 foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness.
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 reasonings of the wise that they are vain.
And it says again – ‘The Lord sees how fruitless are the deliberations of the wise.’
21 So that let no one boast in men; for all things are yours.
Therefore let no one boast about people; for all things are yours –
22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or [the] world, or life, or death, or things present, or things coming, 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 ye [are] Christ's, and Christ [is] God's.
But you are Christ’s and Christ is God’s.
