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;

And I, brothers, could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as to fleshly people, as to little children 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 milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it; and even now you are not yet ready.

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 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 when one may say, 'I, indeed, am of Paul;' and another, 'I — of Apollos;' are ye not fleshly?

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

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

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 who plants nor he who waters is anything. But it is God who gives 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,

Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his own wages 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 workers. You are God's garden, 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 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 one is able to lay except that which is laid, which is Jesus the Christ;

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

12 and if any one doth build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw —

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

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;

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 of any one the work doth remain that he built on [it], a wage he shall receive;

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

15 if of any the work is burned up, he shall suffer loss; and himself shall be saved, but so as through 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 have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that the Spirit of God lives 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 anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person. For God's temple is holy, and so are you.

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 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 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 catches 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 knows that the reasoning of the wise is futile.”

21 So then, let no one glory in men, for all things are yours,

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

23 and ye [are] Christ's, and Christ [is] God's.

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