1 Corinthians 3:5–15

⁵Who is Apollos? Who is Paul? They are servants who helped you come to faith. Each did what the Lord gave him to do. ⁶I planted, and Apollos watered, but God made it grow. ⁷So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is important because ⸤only⸥ God makes it grow. ⁸The one who plants and the one who waters have the same goal, and each will receive a reward for his own work. ⁹We are God’s coworkers. You are God’s field. 

You are God’s building. ¹⁰As a skilled and experienced builder, I used the gift^athat God gave me to lay the foundation ⸤for that building⸥. However, someone else is building on it. Each person must be careful how he builds on it. ¹¹After all, no one can lay any other foundation than the one that is already laid, and that foundation is Jesus Christ. ¹²People may build on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw. ¹³The day will make what each one does clearly visible because fire will reveal it. That fire will determine what kind of work each person has done. ¹⁴If what a person has built survives, he will receive a reward. ¹⁵If his work is burned up, he will suffer ⸤the loss⸥. However, he will be saved, though it will be like going through a fire.