1 Corinthians 3

1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal. As unto little ones in Christ.

And I, brothers, could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as to fleshly people, as to little children in Christ.

2 I gave you milk to drink, not meat; for you were not able as yet. But neither indeed are you now able; for you are yet carnal.

I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it; and even now you are not yet ready.

3 For, whereas there is among you envying and contention, are you not carnal, and walk according to man?

For you are still fleshly. For where jealousy and strife exist among you, are you not living according to the flesh, and are you not walking by human standards?

4 For while one saith, I indeed am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollo; are you not men? What then is Apollo, and what is Paul?

For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another says, “I follow Apollos,” are you not living as human beings?

5 The ministers of him whom you have believed; and to every one as the Lord hath given.

Who then is Apollos? Who is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, to each of whom the Lord gave tasks.

6 I have planted, Apollo watered, but God gave the increase.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

7 Therefore, neither he that planteth is any thing, nor he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

So then, neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything. But it is God who gives the growth.

8 Now he that planteth, and he that watereth, ate one. And every man shall receive his own reward, according to his own labour.

Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his own wages according to his own labor.

9 For we are God’s coadjutors: you are God’s husbandry; you are God’s building.

For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's garden, God's building.

10 According to the grace of God that is given to me, as a wise architect, I have laid the foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

According to the grace of God that was given to me as a skilled master builder, I laid a foundation and another is building on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.

11 For other foundation no man can lay, but that which is laid; which is Christ Jesus.

For no one can lay a foundation other than the one that has been laid, that is, Jesus Christ.

12 Now if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble:

Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

13 Every man’s work shall be manifest; for the day of the Lord shall declare it, because it shall be revealed in fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work, of what sort it is.

his work will be revealed, for the daylight will reveal it. For it will be revealed in fire. The fire will test the quality of what each one had done.

14 If any man’s work abide, which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

If anyone's work remains, he will receive a reward;

15 If any man’s work burn, he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire.

but if anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, as though escaping through fire.

16 Know you not, that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that the Spirit of God lives in you?

17 But if any man violate the temple of God, him shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which you are.

If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person. For God's temple is holy, and so are you.

18 Let no man deceive himself: if any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. (aiōn g165)

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become a “fool” that he may become wise. (aiōn g165)

19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written: I will catch the wise in their own craftiness.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

20 And again: The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

And again, “The Lord knows that the reasoning of the wise is futile.”

21 Let no man therefore glory in men.

For this reason, let no one boast in men. All things are yours,

22 For all things are yours, whether it be Paul, or Apollo, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to some; for all are yours;

whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All things are yours,

23 And you are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.