1 Corinthians 3:1-9 ▼

1 And so, brothers, I was not able to speak to you as if to those who are spiritual, but rather as if to those who are carnal. For you are like infants in Christ.

2 I gave you milk to drink, not solid food. For you were not yet able. And indeed, even now, you are not able; for you are still carnal.

3 And since there is still envy and contention among you, are you not carnal, and are you not walking according to man?

4 For if one says, “Certainly, I am of Paul,” while another says, “I am of Apollo,” are you not men? But what is Apollo, and what is Paul?

5 We are only the ministers of him in whom you have believed, just as the Lord has granted to each of you.

6 I planted, Apollo watered, but God provided the growth.

7 And so, neither he who plants, nor he who waters, is anything, but only God, who provides the growth.

8 Now he who plants, and he who waters, are one. But each shall receive his proper reward, according to his labors.

9 For we are God’s assistants. You are God’s cultivation; you are God’s construction.