1 Corinthians 3

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

2 Ref I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able `to bear it': nay, not even now are ye able;

3 Ref for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men?

4 Ref For when one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not men?

5 Ref What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him.

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

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

8 Ref Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

9 Ref For we are God's fellow-workers: ye are God's husbandry, God's building.

10 Ref According to the grace of God which was given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder I laid a foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But let each man take heed how he buildeth thereon.

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

12 Ref But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble;

13 Ref each man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man's work of what sort it is.

14 Ref If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.

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

16 Ref Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and `that' the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

17 Ref If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

18 Ref Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

19 Ref For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:

20 Ref and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.

21 Ref Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;

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

23 Ref and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

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