1 Corinthians 3
1 And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly—as to babies 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 with milk I fed you, and not with meat, for you were not yet able, but not even yet are you now 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 yet you are fleshly, for where [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not fleshly, and walk in the manner of 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 may say, “I, indeed, am of Paul,” and another, “I—of Apollos,” are you not fleshly?
When one says “I follow Paul,” and another “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you like other people?
5 Who, then, is Paul, and who Apollos, but servants through whom you believed, and to each as the LORD gave?
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, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth;
I planted, and Apollos watered, but it was God who caused the growth.
7 so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth—God;
Therefore neither the one who plants, nor the one who waters, counts for anything, but only God who causes the growth.
8 and he who is planting and he who is watering are one, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor,
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 fellow-workmen of God; you are God’s tillage, 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 that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, I have laid a foundation, and another builds 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 no one is able to lay another foundation except that which is laid, which is Jesus the Christ;
for no one can lay any other foundation than the one already laid – Jesus Christ.
12 and if anyone builds on this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw—
Whatever is used by those who build on this foundation, whether gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,
13 the work will become visible of each, for the day will declare [it], because it is revealed in fire, and the work of each, what kind it is, the fire will prove;
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 anyone remains that he built on [it], he will receive a wage;
If anyone’s work, which they have built on that foundation, still remains, they will gain a reward.
15 if the work of any is burned up, he will suffer loss, but himself will be saved, but so 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 Have you not known that you are a temple of God, and 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 anyone ruins the temple of God, God will ruin him; for the temple of God is holy, which 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 one deceive himself; if anyone seems to be wise among you in this age—let him become a fool, that he may become 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 has been written: “Who is taking 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 then, let no one glory 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 about to be—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.
