1 Corinthians 3:1–14

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.