Προς Κορινθιους Α΄ 3
1 Κἀγώ, ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἠδυνήθην λαλῆσαι ὑμῖν ὡς πνευματικοῖς, ἀλλʼ ὡς σαρκίνοις, ὡς νηπίοις ἐν ˚Χριστῷ.
And I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual, but as fleshly, as infants in Christ.
2 Γάλα ὑμᾶς ἐπότισα, οὐ βρῶμα, οὔπω γὰρ ἐδύνασθε. Ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ ἔτι νῦν δύνασθε,
I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you weren't yet ready. And even now you are still not ready,
3 ἔτι γὰρ σαρκικοί ἐστε. Ὅπου γὰρ ἐν ὑμῖν ζῆλος καὶ ἔρις, οὐχὶ σαρκικοί ἐστε καὶ κατὰ ἄνθρωπον περιπατεῖτε;
for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and living by human standards?
4 Ὅταν γὰρ λέγῃ τις, “Ἐγὼ” μέν “εἰμι Παύλου”, ἕτερος δέ, “Ἐγὼ Ἀπολλῶ”, οὐκ ἄνθρωποί ἐστε;
For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not merely human?
5 Τί οὖν ἐστιν Ἀπολλῶς; Τί δέ ἐστιν Παῦλος; Διάκονοι διʼ ὧν ἐπιστεύσατε, καὶ ἑκάστῳ ὡς ὁ ˚Κύριος ἔδωκεν.
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him.
6 Ἐγὼ ἐφύτευσα, Ἀπολλῶς ἐπότισεν, ἀλλὰ ὁ ˚Θεὸς ηὔξανεν.
I planted. Apollos watered. But God made it grow.
7 Ὥστε οὔτε ὁ φυτεύων ἐστίν τι, οὔτε ὁ ποτίζων, ἀλλʼ ὁ αὐξάνων, ˚Θεός.
So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who makes it grow.
8 Ὁ φυτεύων δὲ, καὶ ὁ ποτίζων, ἕν εἰσιν, ἕκαστος δὲ τὸν ἴδιον μισθὸν λήμψεται, κατὰ τὸν ἴδιον κόπον.
Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
9 ˚Θεοῦ γάρ ἐσμεν συνεργοί· ˚Θεοῦ γεώργιον, ˚Θεοῦ οἰκοδομή ἐστε.
For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.
10 Κατὰ τὴν χάριν τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι, ὡς σοφὸς ἀρχιτέκτων θεμέλιον ἔθηκα, ἄλλος δὲ ἐποικοδομεῖ. Ἕκαστος δὲ βλεπέτω, πῶς ἐποικοδομεῖ.
According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one be careful how he builds on it.
11 Θεμέλιον γὰρ ἄλλον οὐδεὶς δύναται θεῖναι, παρὰ τὸν κείμενον, ὅς ἐστιν ˚Ἰησοῦς ˚Χριστός.
For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 Εἰ δέ τις ἐποικοδομεῖ ἐπὶ τὸν θεμέλιον χρυσίον, ἀργύριον, λίθους τιμίους, ξύλα, χόρτον, καλάμην,
But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw;
13 ἑκάστου τὸ ἔργον φανερὸν γενήσεται, ἡ γὰρ ἡμέρα δηλώσει, ὅτι ἐν πυρὶ ἀποκαλύπτεται, καὶ ἑκάστου τὸ ἔργον, ὁποῖόν ἐστιν, τὸ πῦρ αὐτὸ δοκιμάσει.
each man's work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is.
14 Εἴ τινος τὸ ἔργον μενεῖ, ὃ ἐποικοδόμησεν, μισθὸν λήμψεται.
If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.
15 Εἴ τινος τὸ ἔργον κατακαήσεται, ζημιωθήσεται, αὐτὸς δὲ σωθήσεται, οὕτως δὲ ὡς διὰ πυρός.
If any man's work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.
16 Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ναὸς ˚Θεοῦ ἐστε, καὶ τὸ ˚Πνεῦμα τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν;
Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?
17 Εἴ τις τὸν ναὸν τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ φθείρει, φθερεῖ τοῦτον ὁ ˚Θεός· ὁ γὰρ ναὸς τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ ἅγιός ἐστιν, οἵτινές ἐστε ὑμεῖς.
If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
18 Μηδεὶς ἑαυτὸν ἐξαπατάτω· εἴ τις δοκεῖ σοφὸς εἶναι ἐν ὑμῖν ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι τούτῳ, μωρὸς γενέσθω, ἵνα γένηται σοφός. (aiōn g165)
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. (aiōn g165)
19 Ἡ γὰρ σοφία τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, μωρία παρὰ τῷ ˚Θεῷ ἐστιν. Γέγραπται γάρ, “Ὁ δρασσόμενος τοὺς σοφοὺς ἐν τῇ πανουργίᾳ αὐτῶν.”
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He traps the wise in their craftiness."
20 Καὶ πάλιν, “˚Κύριος γινώσκει τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς τῶν σοφῶν, ὅτι εἰσὶν μάταιοι.”
And again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile."
21 Ὥστε μηδεὶς καυχάσθω ἐν ἀνθρώποις· πάντα γὰρ ὑμῶν ἐστιν,
Therefore let no one boast about people. For all things are yours,
22 εἴτε Παῦλος, εἴτε Ἀπολλῶς, εἴτε Κηφᾶς, εἴτε κόσμος, εἴτε ζωὴ, εἴτε θάνατος, εἴτε ἐνεστῶτα, εἴτε μέλλοντα, πάντα ὑμῶν,
whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,
23 ὑμεῖς δὲ ˚Χριστοῦ, ˚Χριστὸς δὲ ˚Θεοῦ.
and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
