1 Corinthians 3

CHAPTER 3

Jesus Christ, Our Foundation

¹And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to ^aspiritual men, but as to ^bfleshly men, as to ^cinfants in Christ.

²I gave you ^amilk to drink, not solid food, for you ^bwere not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are still not able,

³for you are still fleshly. For since there is ^ajealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking ^1blike mere men?

⁴For when ^aone says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not mere ^bmen?

⁵What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? ^aServants through whom you believed, even ^bas the Lord gave to each one.

^6aI planted, ^bApollos watered, but ^cGod was causing the growth.

⁷So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.

⁸Now he who plants and he who waters are one, but each will ^areceive his own ¹reward according to his own labor.

⁹For we are God’s ^afellow workers; you are God’s ^1bfield, God’s ^cbuilding.

¹⁰According to ^athe grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder ^bI laid a foundation, and ^canother is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.

¹¹For no one can lay a ^afoundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

¹²Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, ¹precious stones, wood, hay, straw,

^13aeach man’s work will become evident, for ^bthe day will indicate it because it is revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test ¹the quality of each man’s work.

¹⁴If any man’s work which he has built on it remains, he will ^areceive a reward.

¹⁵If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, yet ^aso as through fire.

^16aDo you not know that ^byou are a ¹sanctuary of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

¹⁷If any man destroys the ¹sanctuary of God, God will destroy him, for the ²sanctuary of God is holy, and ³that is what you are.

^18aLet no man deceive himself. ^bIf any man among you thinks that he is wise in ^cthis age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.

¹⁹For ^athe wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “He is ^bthe one who catches the wise in their craftiness”;

²⁰and again, “^aThe Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are useless.”

²¹So then ^alet no one boast in men. For ^ball things belong to you,

^22awhether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or ^blife or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you,

²³and ^ayou belong to Christ, and ^bChrist belongs to God.