1 Corinthians 3

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

But I, my friends, could not speak to you as people with spiritual insight, but only as worldly-minded – mere infants in the faith of Christ.

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

I fed you with milk, not with solid food, for you were not then able to take it. No, and even now you are not able; you are still worldly.

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

While there exist among you jealousy and party feeling, is it not true that you are worldly, and are acting merely as other people do?

4 for when one may say, 'I, indeed, am of Paul;' and another, 'I — of Apollos;' are ye not fleshly?

When one says “I follow Paul,” and another “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you like other people?

5 Who, then, is Paul, and who Apollos, but ministrants through whom ye did believe, and to each as the Lord gave?

What, I ask, is Apollos? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you were led to accept the faith; and that only as the Lord helped each of you.

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

I planted, and Apollos watered, but it was God who caused the growth.

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

Therefore neither the one who plants, nor the one who waters, counts for anything, but only God who causes the growth.

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

In this the person who plants and the person who waters are one; yet each will receive their own reward in proportion to their own labour.

9 for of God we are fellow-workmen; God's tillage, God's building ye are.

For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s harvest field, God’s building.

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

In fulfilment of the charge which God had entrusted to me, I laid the foundation like a skilful master; but someone else is now building on it. Let everyone take care how they build;

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

for no one can lay any other foundation than the one already laid – Jesus Christ.

12 and if any one doth build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw —

Whatever is used by those who build on this foundation, whether gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,

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

the quality of each man’s work will become known, for the day will make it plain; because that day is to be ushered in with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of every man’s work.

14 if of any one the work doth remain that he built on [it], a wage he shall receive;

If anyone’s work, which they have built on that foundation, still remains, they will gain a reward.

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

If anyone’s work is burnt up, they will suffer loss; though they themselves will escape, but only as one who has passed through fire.

16 have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

Don’t you know that you are God’s Temple, and that God’s Spirit has his home in you?

17 if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.

If any one destroys the Temple of God, God will destroy them; for the Temple of God is sacred, and so also are you.

18 Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age — let him become a fool, that he may become wise, (aiōn g165)

Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you imagines that, as regards this world, they are wise, they should become a “fool,” that they may become wise. (aiōn g165)

19 for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it hath been written, 'Who is taking the wise in their craftiness;'

For in God’s sight this world’s wisdom is folly. Scripture tells of – “One who catches the wise in their own craftiness,”

20 and again, 'The Lord doth know the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.'

And it says again – “The Lord sees how fruitless are the deliberations of the wise.”

21 So then, let no one glory in men, for all things are yours,

Therefore let no one boast about people; for all things are yours –

22 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things about to be — all are yours,

whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or the present, or the future – all things are yours!

23 and ye [are] Christ's, and Christ [is] God's.

But you are Christ’s and Christ is God’s.