1 Corinthians 3:1-9 ▼

1 Brothers and sisters, I couldn't talk to you as spiritual people but as people still influenced by your corrupt nature. You were infants in your faith in Christ.

2 I gave you milk to drink. I didn't give you solid food because you weren't ready for it. Even now you aren't ready for it

3 because you're still influenced by your corrupt nature. When you are jealous and quarrel among yourselves, aren't you influenced by your corrupt nature and living by human standards?

4 When some of you say, |I follow Paul| and others say, |I follow Apollos,| aren't you acting like [sinful] humans?

5 Who is Apollos? Who is Paul? They are servants who helped you come to faith. Each did what the Lord gave him to do.

6 I planted, and Apollos watered, but God made it grow.

7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is important because [only] God makes it grow.

8 The one who plants and the one who waters have the same goal, and each will receive a reward for his own work.

9 We are God's coworkers. You are God's field. You are God's building.