1 Corinthians 3

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.

And I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual, but as fleshly, as 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.

I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you weren't yet ready. And even now you are still not ready,

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

for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and living by human standards?

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?

For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not merely human?

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

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him.

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

I planted. Apollos watered. But God made it grow.

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

So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who makes it grow.

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

Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

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

For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.

10 According to the grace of God, which has been given to me, I have laid the foundation like a wise architect. But another builds upon it. So then, let each one be careful how he builds upon it.

According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one be careful how he builds on it.

11 For no one is able to lay any other foundation, in place of that which has been laid, which is Christ Jesus.

For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

12 But if anyone builds upon this foundation, whether gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or stubble,

But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw;

13 each one’s work shall be made manifest. For the day of the Lord shall declare it, because it will be revealed by fire. And this fire will test each one’s work, as to what kind it is.

each man's work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is.

14 If anyone’s work, which he has built upon it, remains, then he will receive a reward.

If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.

15 If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer its loss, but he himself will still be saved, but only as through fire.

If any man's work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.

16 Do you not know that you are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God lives within you?

Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?

17 But if anyone violates the Temple of God, God will destroy him. For the Temple of God is holy, and you are that Temple.

If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.

18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish, so that he may be truly wise. (aiōn g165)

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. (aiōn g165)

19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. And so it has been written: “I will catch the wise in their own astuteness.”

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He traps the wise in their craftiness."

20 And again: “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.”

And again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile."

21 And so, let no one glory in men.

Therefore let no one boast about people. For all things are yours,

22 For all is yours: whether Paul, or Apollo, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or the present, or the future. Yes, all is yours.

whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,

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

and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.