1 Corinthians 3

Divisions in the Church

3But I, brothers,¹ could not address you as ^aspiritual people, but as ^bpeople of the flesh, as ^cinfants in Christ. ^2dI fed you with milk, not solid food, for ^eyou were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, ³for you are still of the flesh. For while there is ^fjealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? ⁴For ^gwhen one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” ^hare you not being merely human?

⁵What then is Apollos? What is Paul? ⁱServants through whom you believed, ^jas the Lord assigned to each. ^6kI planted, ^lApollos watered, ^mbut God gave the growth. ⁷So ⁿneither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. ⁸He who plants and he who waters are one, and each ^owill receive his wages according to his labor. ⁹For we are ^pGod’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, ^qGod’s building.

^10rAccording to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled² master builder I laid a ^sfoundation, and ^tsomeone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. ¹¹For no one can lay a ^ufoundation other ^vthan that which is laid, ^wwhich is Jesus Christ. ¹²Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— ^13xeach one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed ^yby fire, and ^zthe fire will test what sort of work each one has done. ¹⁴If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, ^ahe will receive a reward. ¹⁵If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, ^bbut only as through fire.

^16cDo you not know that you³ are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? ¹⁷If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For ^dGod’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

^18eLet no one deceive himself. ^fIf anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. ¹⁹For ^gthe wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, ^h“He catches the wise in their craftiness,” ²⁰and again, ⁱ“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” ²¹So ^jlet no one boast in men. For ^kall things are yours, ²²whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, ²³and ^lyou are Christ’s, and ^mChrist is God’s.