1 Corinthians 3

1 Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Messiah.

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.

2 I fed you with milk, not with solid food, for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, you aren’t ready even now,

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.

3 for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions amongst you, aren’t you fleshly, and don’t you walk in the ways of men?

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

4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you fleshly?

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?

5 Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him?

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

6 I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.

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

7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

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

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

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

9 For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.

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

10 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 man be careful how he builds on it.

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.

11 For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Yeshua the Messiah.

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

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

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

13 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.

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.

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

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

15 If any man’s work is burnt, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.

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

16 Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

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

17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.

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

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

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)

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

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.”

20 And again, “The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless.”

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

21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,

And so, let no one glory in men.

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

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.

23 and you are Messiah’s, and Messiah is God’s.

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