| English Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. | 1And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ. |
| 2I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, | 2I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, |
| 3for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? | 3for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men? |
| 4For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not being merely human? | 4For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not mere men? |
| 5What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. | 5What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. |
| 6I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. | 6I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. |
| 7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. | 7So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. |
| 8He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. | 8Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. |
| 9For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building. | 9For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. |
| 10According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. | 10According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. |
| 11For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. | 11For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. |
| 12Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— | 12Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, |
| 13each one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. | 13each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work. |
| 14If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. | 14If any man's work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. |
| 15If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire. | 15If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. |
| 16Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? | 16Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? |
| 17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. | 17If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are. |
| 18Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. | 18Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise. |
| 19For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” | 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, "He is THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS"; |
| 20and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” | 20and again, "THE LORD KNOWS THE REASONINGS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS." |
| 21So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours, | 21So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you, |
| 22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, | 22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you, |
| 23and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s. | 23and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God. |
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