1 Corinthians 3

1 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.

I, therefore, brethren, have not been able to speak unto you, as unto men of the Spirit, but as unto men of the flesh—as unto babes in Christ: —

2 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.

With milk, have I fed you, not, with meat; for, not yet, have ye been able; —nay! not [yet] even now, are ye able,

3 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?

For ye are yet fleshly. For, whereas there are, among you, jealousy and strife, are ye not, fleshly, and, after the manner of men, walking?

4 When one says ‘I follow Paul,’ and another ‘I follow Apollos,’ aren’t you like other people?

For, as soon as one beginneth to say—I, indeed, am of Paul! and another—I, of Apollos! are ye not, men?

5 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.

What then is Apollos? and, what is Paul? ministers through whom ye believed, and, each, as the Lord, gave to him.

6 I planted, and Apollos watered, but it was God who caused the growth.

I, planted, Apollos, watered, —but, God, caused to, grow.

7 Therefore neither the one who plants, nor the one who waters, counts for anything, but only God who causes the growth.

So that, [neither] is he that planteth anything, nor, he that watereth, —but, God, who causeth to, grow.

8 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.

Moreover, he that planteth and he that watereth, are one: —howbeit, each one, his own reward, shall receive, —according to his own labour.

9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s harvest field, God’s building.

For we are, God’s, fellow-workmen: ye are, God’s, farm, God’s building.

10 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;

According to the favour of God which hath been given unto me, as a wise master-builder, I laid a foundation, whereas, another, is building thereon; but, let each one, see, how he buildeth thereon;

11 for no one can lay any other foundation than the one already laid – Jesus Christ.

For, other foundation, can, no one, lay, than that which is lying, which is, Jesus Christ.

12 Whatever is used by those who build on this foundation, whether gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,

But, if anyone is building, upon the foundation—gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,

13 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.

Each one’s work, shall be made, manifest; for, the day, will make it plain, because, by fire, is it to be revealed, —and, each one’s work, of what sort it is, the fire itself will prove: —

14 If anyone’s work, which they have built on that foundation, still remains, they will gain a reward.

If, anyone’s work, shall abide, which he built, a reward, shall he receive, —

15 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.

If, anyone’s work, shall be burnt up, he shall suffer loss, but shall, himself, be saved—though, thus, as through fire.

16 Don’t you know that you are God’s Temple, and that God’s Spirit has his home in you?

Know ye not that ye are a shrine of God, and that the Spirit of God within you doth dwell?

17 If any one destroys the Temple of God, God will destroy them; for the Temple of God is sacred, and so also are you.

If anyone doth mar the shrine of God, God, will mar him; for the shrine of God is holy, —and such are ye.

18 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)

Let no one be deceiving himself: —if anyone imagineth himself to be wise among you, in this age, let him become foolish, that he may become wise; (aiōn g165)

19 For in God’s sight this world’s wisdom is folly. Scripture tells of – ‘One who catches the wise in their own craftiness,’

For, the wisdom of this world, is, foolishness with God; for it is written—He that taketh the wise in their knavery, —

20 And it says again – ‘The Lord sees how fruitless are the deliberations of the wise.’

And again—The Lord taketh note of the speculations of the wise, that they are vain.

21 Therefore let no one boast about people; for all things are yours –

So then, let, no one, be boasting in men; for, all things, are yours—

22 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or the present, or the future – all things are yours!

Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, all, are, yours,

23 But you are Christ’s and Christ is God’s.

And, ye, are Christ’s, —and, Christ, is, God’s.