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1 Corinthians 3

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ Brothers, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ. ⓐ

² I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready,

³ because you are still fleshly. For since there is envy ⓑ and strife [1] ⓒ among you, are you not fleshly and living like unbelievers? [2]

⁴ For whenever someone says, “I’m with Paul,” and another, “I’m with Apollos,” ⓓ are you not unspiritual people? [3] [4]

⁵ What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given.

⁶ I planted, ⓔ Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

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

⁸ Now the one planting and the one watering are one in purpose, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

⁹ For we are God’s coworkers. [5] You are God’s field, God’s building. ⓕ

¹⁰ According 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.

¹¹ For no one can lay any other foundation ⓖ than what has been laid down. That foundation is Jesus Christ.

¹² If anyone builds on that foundation with gold, silver, ⓗ costly stones, ⓘ wood, hay, or straw,

¹³ each one’s work will become obvious, for the day [6] will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire; ⓙ the fire will test the quality of each one’s work. ⓚ

¹⁴ If anyone’s work that he has built survives, he will receive a reward.

¹⁵ If anyone’s work is burned up, it will be lost, but he will be saved; ⓛ yet it will be like an escape through fire. [7] ⓜ

¹⁶ Don’t you yourselves know that you are God’s sanctuary ⓝ and that the Spirit of God lives in you? ⓞ

¹⁷ If anyone destroys God’s sanctuary, God will destroy him; ⓟ for God’s sanctuary is holy, ⓠ and that is what you are.

¹⁸ No one should deceive ⓡ himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, ⓢ he must become foolish ⓣ so that he can become wise. ⓤ

¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness ⓥ with God, since it is written: ⓦ He catches the wise in their craftiness; ⓧ [8]

²⁰ and again, The Lord knows that the reasonings ⓨ of the wise are meaningless. ⓩ [9]

²¹ So no one should boast in human leaders, for everything is yours ⓐ —

²² whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas ⓑ or the world or life ⓒ or death ⓓ or things present or things to come ⓔ — everything is yours,

²³ and you belong to Christ, ⓕ and Christ belongs to God.

#	HCSB
1	Brothers, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ. ⓐ
2	I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready,
3	because you are still fleshly. For since there is envy ⓑ and strife [1] ⓒ among you, are you not fleshly and living like unbelievers? [2]
4	For whenever someone says, “I’m with Paul,” and another, “I’m with Apollos,” ⓓ are you not unspiritual people? [3] [4]
5	What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given.
6	I planted, ⓔ Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
7	So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
8	Now the one planting and the one watering are one in purpose, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
9	For we are God’s coworkers. [5] You are God’s field, God’s building. ⓕ
10	According 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.
11	For no one can lay any other foundation ⓖ than what has been laid down. That foundation is Jesus Christ.
12	If anyone builds on that foundation with gold, silver, ⓗ costly stones, ⓘ wood, hay, or straw,
13	each one’s work will become obvious, for the day [6] will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire; ⓙ the fire will test the quality of each one’s work. ⓚ
14	If anyone’s work that he has built survives, he will receive a reward.
15	If anyone’s work is burned up, it will be lost, but he will be saved; ⓛ yet it will be like an escape through fire. [7] ⓜ
16	Don’t you yourselves know that you are God’s sanctuary ⓝ and that the Spirit of God lives in you? ⓞ
17	If anyone destroys God’s sanctuary, God will destroy him; ⓟ for God’s sanctuary is holy, ⓠ and that is what you are.
18	No one should deceive ⓡ himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, ⓢ he must become foolish ⓣ so that he can become wise. ⓤ
19	For the wisdom of this world is foolishness ⓥ with God, since it is written: ⓦ He catches the wise in their craftiness; ⓧ [8]
20	and again, The Lord knows that the reasonings ⓨ of the wise are meaningless. ⓩ [9]
21	So no one should boast in human leaders, for everything is yours ⓐ —
22	whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas ⓑ or the world or life ⓒ or death ⓓ or things present or things to come ⓔ — everything is yours,
23	and you belong to Christ, ⓕ and Christ belongs to God.

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