1 Corinthians 3
3
Divisiveness and Immaturity
1 And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual people, but as to fleshly people, as to infants in Christ. 2I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, for you were not yet able to eat it. But now you are still not able, 3for you are still fleshly. For where there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and do you not live like unregenerate people?#That is, like people who do not possess the Spirit at all 4For whenever anyone says, “I am with Paul,” and another, “I am with Apollos,” are you not merely human?
5Therefore, what is Apollos and what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, and to each as the Lord gave. 6I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing it to grow. 7So then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who is causing it to grow. 8Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one, but each one 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.
10According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon it. But each one must direct his attention to how he is building upon it. 11For no one is able to lay another foundation than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12Now if anyone builds upon the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, straw, 13the work of each one will become evident. For the day will reveal it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the work of each one, of what sort it is. 14If anyone’s work that he has built upon it remains, he will receive a reward. 15If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but so as through fire.
16Do you not know that you are God’s temple and the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy this one. For God’s temple is holy, which you are.
18Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks himself to be wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, in order that he may become wise. 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is written, “The one who catches the wise in their craftiness,”#A quotation from Job 5:13 20and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”#A quotation from Ps 94:11 21So then, let no one boast in people. For all things are yours, 22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come, all things are yours, 23and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
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1 Corinthians 3
3
The Church and Its Leaders
1Brothers and sisters, I couldn’t speak to you as people who were led by the Holy Spirit. I had to speak to you as people who were still following their own wrong desires. You’re not growing as Christ wants you to. You’re still like babies. 2The words I spoke to you were like milk, not solid food. You weren’t ready for solid food, and you’re still not ready for it. 3You’re still following your own wrong desires. If you’re jealous and you’re arguing, aren’t those desires in charge? Aren’t you acting like ordinary human beings? 4When one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another says, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you acting like ordinary human beings?
5After all, what is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants who helped you to believe. The Lord has given each of us our own work to do. 6I planted the seed, and Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7So the one who plants doesn’t matter, and neither does the one who waters. It’s God who matters. He makes things grow. 8The one who plants and the one who waters have the same goal, and the Lord will give each of them a reward for their work. 9We’re working together to serve God. You’re like God’s field and God’s building.
10God has given me the grace to lay a foundation as a wise builder. Now someone else is building on it. But each one should build carefully. 11No one can lay any other foundation than the one that has already been laid, and that foundation is Jesus Christ. 12A person might build on it using gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay, or straw. 13Every person’s work will be recognized for what it is, because the Day of Judgment will expose it. Everyone’s work will be put through fire to test how good it is. 14If what a person has built doesn’t burn up, God will give them a reward for their work. 15If what a person has built does burn up, they’ll lose everything. They’ll still be saved, but only like someone escaping from a fire.
16Don’t you know that together you are God’s temple? Don’t you know that God’s Spirit lives among you? 17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person. God’s temple is holy, and you together are that temple.
18Don’t fool yourselves. If any of you think you’re wise by the standards of the world, you should become “fools” so that you can become truly wise. 19The wisdom of this world is foolish in God’s eyes. It is written, “God catches wise people in their own clever plans.” 20It is also written, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of wise people don’t really amount to anything.” 21So don’t brag any more about human leaders! Everything is yours, 22including Paul and Apollos and Peter, and the world and life and death and the present and the future. All these things are yours, 23and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
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