1 Corinthians 3:9–17

⁹For we are partners working together for God, and you are God’s field.

You are also God’s building. ¹⁰Using the gift that God gave me, I did the work of an expert builder and laid the foundation, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds. ¹¹For God has already placed Jesus Christ as the one and only foundation, and no other foundation can be laid. ¹²Some will use gold or silver or precious stones in building on the foundation; others will use wood or grass or straw. ¹³And the quality of each person’s work will be seen when the Day of Christ exposes it. For on that Day fire will reveal everyone’s work; the fire will test it and show its real quality. ¹⁴If what was built on the foundation survives the fire, the builder will receive a reward. ¹⁵But if anyone’s work is burnt up, then he will lose it; but he himself will be saved, as if he had escaped through the fire.

^16*Surely you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you! ¹⁷So if anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you yourselves are his temple.