1 Corinthians 3

1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, [even] as unto babes in Christ.

And I, brothers, could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as to fleshly people, as to little children in Christ.

2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able [to bear it], neither yet now are ye able.

I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it; and even now you are not yet ready.

3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

For you are still fleshly. For where jealousy and strife exist among you, are you not living according to the flesh, and are you not walking by human standards?

4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I [am] of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another says, “I follow Apollos,” are you not living as human beings?

5 Who then is Paul, and who [is] Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

Who then is Apollos? Who is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, to each of whom the Lord gave tasks.

6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

So then, neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything. But it is God who gives the growth.

8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his own wages according to his own labor.

9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, [ye are] God’s building.

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

10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

According to the grace of God that was given to me as a skilled master builder, I laid a foundation and another is building on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.

11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

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

12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

13 Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.

his work will be revealed, for the daylight will reveal it. For it will be revealed in fire. The fire will test the quality of what each one had done.

14 If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

If anyone's work remains, he will receive a reward;

15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

but if anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, as though escaping through fire.

16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

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

17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.

If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person. For God's temple is holy, and so are you.

18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. (aiōn g165)

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise 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. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

And again, “The Lord knows that the reasoning of the wise is futile.”

21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;

For this reason, let no one boast in men. All things are yours,

22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

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

23 And ye are Christ’s; and Christ [is] God’s.

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