1 Corinthians 3
1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto 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 fed you with milk, and not with food: for until now all of you were not able to bear it, neither yet now are all of you 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 all of you are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are all of you not carnal, and walk as 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 while one says, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are all of you not carnal?
When one says ‘I follow Paul,’ and another ‘I follow Apollos,’ aren’t you like other people?
5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom all of you believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
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 gave the increase.
I planted, and Apollos watered, but it was God who caused the growth.
7 So then neither is he that plants any thing, neither he that waters; but God that 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 he that plants and he that waters are one: and every man 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 labourers together with God: all of you are God's farming, all of you are 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 is given unto me, as a wise architect, I have laid the foundation, and another builds thereon. But let every man take heed how he builds thereupon.
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 than that 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 man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
Whatever is used by those who build on this foundation, whether gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,
13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort 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 any man's work abide which he has built thereupon, 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 any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so 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 Know all of you not that all of you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit (pneuma) 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 man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple all of you are.
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 deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, 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 takes the wise in their own 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 thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
And it says again – ‘The Lord sees how fruitless are the deliberations of the wise.’
21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;
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 to come; all are your's;
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 all of you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
But you are Christ’s and Christ is God’s.
