< 1 Corinthians 3 >
1 And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly — as to babes in Christ;
I also, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual men, but as those who are not spiritual, as to babes in Christ.
2 with milk I fed you, and not with meat, for ye were not yet able, but not even yet are ye now able,
I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it. Nor indeed are ye able even now;
3 for yet ye are fleshly, for where [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not fleshly, and in the manner of men do walk?
for ye are yet unspiritual. For while there is among you rivalry and strife, are ye not unspiritual, and walking after the manner of men?
4 for when one may say, 'I, indeed, am of Paul;' and another, 'I — of Apollos;' are ye not fleshly?
For while one saith, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not [[like common]] men?
5 Who, then, is Paul, and who Apollos, but ministrants through whom ye did believe, and to each as the Lord gave?
Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but ministers through whom ye believed, and that as the Lord gave to each?
6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth;
I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth.
7 so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth — God;
So then, neither he that planteth nor he that watereth is anything, but God that giveth the growth.
8 and he who is planting and he who is watering are one, and each his own reward shall receive, according to his own labour,
And he that planteth and he that watereth are one; and each will receive his own reward, according to his own labor.
9 for of God we are fellow-workmen; God's tillage, God's building ye are.
For we are God's fellow-laborers; ye are God's field, ye are God's building.
10 According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, a foundation I have laid, and another doth build on [it],
According to the grace of God bestowed on me, I, as a skilful master-builder, have laid the foundation; and another buildeth thereon; but let every one take heed, how he buildeth thereon.
11 for other foundation no one is able to lay except that which is laid, which is Jesus the Christ;
For other foundation can no one lay than that which is laid, which is Christ Jesus.
12 and if any one doth build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw —
But if any one build upon this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble,
13 of each the work shall become manifest, for the day shall declare [it], because in fire it is revealed, and the work of each, what kind it is, the fire shall prove;
the work of every one will be made manifest; for the day will show it; because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will prove what every one's work is.
14 if of any one the work doth remain that he built on [it], a wage he shall receive;
If the work which any one built thereon remaineth, he will receive reward;
15 if of any the work is burned up, he shall suffer loss; and himself shall be saved, but so as through fire.
if any one's work shall be burned up, he will lose the reward; but he will be saved himself, yet as one escaping through fire.
16 have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?
Know ye not, that ye are God's temple, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17 if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.
If any one defaceth the temple of God, God will deface him; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.
18 Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age — let him become a fool, that he may become wise, (aiōn )
Let no one deceive himself; if any one thinketh himself wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. (aiōn )
19 for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it hath been written, 'Who is taking the wise in their craftiness;'
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written: “He that taketh the wise in their craftiness;”
20 and again, 'The Lord doth know the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.'
and again: “The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.”
21 So then, let no one glory in men, for all things are yours,
So then let no one glory in men. 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 things present, or things to come, —all are yours;
23 and ye [are] Christ's, and Christ [is] God's.
and ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's.