1 Corinthians 3:5–15

The Role of God’s Servants

⁵What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given. ⁶I planted, ^rApollos watered, but God gave the growth. ⁷So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. ⁸Now the one planting and the one watering are one in purpose, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. ⁹For we are God’s coworkers. ^sYou are God’s field, God’s building. ^t10According to God’s grace that was given to me, I have laid a foundation as a skilled master builder, and another builds on it. But each one must be careful how he builds on it. ¹¹For no one can lay any other foundation ^uthan what has been laid down. That foundation is Jesus Christ. ¹²If anyone builds on that foundation with gold, silver, ^vcostly stones, ^wwood, hay, or straw, ¹³each one’s work will become obvious, for the day ^xwill disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire; ^ythe fire will test the quality of each one’s work. ^z14If anyone’s work that he has built survives, he will receive a reward. ¹⁵If anyone’s work is burned up, it will be lost, but he will be saved; ^ayet it will be like an escape through fire. ^bc