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CHAPTER 3

Brothers,

I

could not

address

you

as

spiritual,

but

as

worldly—

as

infants

in

Christ.

I gave you

milk,

not

solid food,

for

you were not yet ready for solid food.

In fact,

you are still not ready,

for

you are

still

worldly.

For

since there is

jealousy

and

dissension

among

you,

are you

not

worldly?

Are you not

walking

in the way of

man?

For

when

one of you

says,

“I

follow

Paul,”

and

another,

“I

follow Apollos,”

are you

not

mere men?

What

then

is

Apollos?

And

what

is

Paul?

They are servants

through

whom

you believed,

as

the

Lord

has assigned

to each his role .

I

planted the seed

and Apollos

watered it,

but

God

made it grow.

So

neither

he who

plants

nor

he who

waters

is

anything,

but only

God,

who

makes things grow.

He who

plants

and

he who

waters

are

one in purpose ,

and

each

will be rewarded

according to

his

own

labor.

For

we are

God’s

fellow workers;

you are

God’s

field,

God’s

building.

By

the

grace

God

has given

me,

I laid

a foundation

as

an expert

builder,

and

someone else

is building on it.

But

each one

must be careful

how

he builds.

For

no one

can

lay

a

foundation

other than

the one

already laid,

which

is

Jesus

Christ.

If

anyone

builds

on

this

foundation

using gold,

silver,

precious

stones,

wood,

hay,

or straw,

his

workmanship

will be

evident,

because

the

Day

will bring it to light.

It will be revealed

with

fire,

and

the

fire

will prove

the quality

of each

man’s

work.

If

what he has built

survives,

he will receive

a reward.

If

it

is burned up,

he will suffer loss.

He himself

will be saved,

but only

as if

through

the flames.

Do you not know

that

you yourselves are

God’s

temple,

and that

God’s

Spirit

dwells

in

you?

If

anyone

destroys

God’s

temple,

God

will destroy

him;

for

God’s

temple

is

holy,

and you

are

that temple.

Let no one

deceive

himself.

If

any

of

you

thinks

he is

wise

in

this

age,

he should become

a fool,

so that

he may become

wise.

For

the

wisdom

of this

world

is

foolishness

in God’s sight.

As

it is written:

“He

catches

the

wise

in

their

craftiness.”

And

again,

“The Lord

knows

that

the

thoughts

of the

wise

are

futile.”

Therefore

stop

boasting

in

men.

All things

are

yours,

whether

Paul

or

Apollos

or

Cephas

or

the world

or

life

or

death

or

the present

or

the future.

All of them

belong to you,

and

you

belong to Christ,

and

Christ

belongs to God.

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