1 Corinthians 3:1-19 ▼

1 And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly—as to babies in Christ;

2 with milk I fed you, and not with meat, for you were not yet able, but not even yet are you now able,

3 for yet you are fleshly, for where [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not fleshly, and walk in the manner of men?

4 For when one may say, “I, indeed, am of Paul,” and another, “I—of Apollos,” are you not fleshly?

5 Who, then, is Paul, and who Apollos, but servants through whom you believed, and to each as the LORD gave?

6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth;

7 so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth—God;

8 and he who is planting and he who is watering are one, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor,

9 for we are fellow-workmen of God; you are God’s tillage, God’s building.

10 According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, I have laid a foundation, and another builds on [it],

11 for no one is able to lay another foundation except that which is laid, which is Jesus the Christ;

12 and if anyone builds on this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw—

13 the work will become visible of each, for the day will declare [it], because it is revealed in fire, and the work of each, what kind it is, the fire will prove;

14 if the work of anyone remains that he built on [it], he will receive a wage;

15 if the work of any is burned up, he will suffer loss, but himself will be saved, but so as through fire.

16 Have you not known that you are a temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwells in you?

17 If anyone ruins the temple of God, God will ruin him; for the temple of God is holy, which you are.

18 Let no one deceive himself; if anyone seems to be wise among you in this age—let him become a fool, that he may become wise,

19 for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it has been written: “Who is taking the wise in their craftiness”;