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1 Corinthians 3

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¹ For my part, brothers and sisters, 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, since you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready,

³ because you are still worldly. For since there is envy ⓘ and strife [1] ⓙ among you, are you not worldly and behaving like mere humans?

⁴ For whenever someone says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” ⓚ are you not acting like mere humans?

⁵ What then is Apollos? 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 he who plants and he who waters are one, [2] and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

⁹ For we are God’s coworkers. [3] 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, [4] and another builds on it. But each one is to 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 the foundation with gold, silver, ⓐ costly stones, ⓑ wood, hay, or straw,

¹³ each one’s work will become obvious. For the day 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, he will experience [5] loss, but he himself will be saved ⓔ — but only as through fire. ⓕ

¹⁶ Don’t you yourselves know that you are God’s temple ⓖ and that the Spirit of God lives in you? ⓗ

¹⁷ If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; ⓘ for God’s temple is holy, ⓙ and that is what you are.

¹⁸ Let no one deceive ⓚ himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, ⓛ let him become a fool ⓜ 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; [6] ⓒ

²⁰ and again, The Lord knows that the reasonings ⓓ of the wise are futile. [7] ⓔ

²¹ So let no one 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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1	For my part, brothers and sisters, 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, since you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready,
3	because you are still worldly. For since there is envy ⓘ and strife [1] ⓙ among you, are you not worldly and behaving like mere humans?
4	For whenever someone says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” ⓚ are you not acting like mere humans?
5	What then is Apollos? 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 he who plants and he who waters are one, [2] and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
9	For we are God’s coworkers. [3] 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, [4] and another builds on it. But each one is to 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 the foundation with gold, silver, ⓐ costly stones, ⓑ wood, hay, or straw,
13	each one’s work will become obvious. For the day 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, he will experience [5] loss, but he himself will be saved ⓔ — but only as through fire. ⓕ
16	Don’t you yourselves know that you are God’s temple ⓖ and that the Spirit of God lives in you? ⓗ
17	If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; ⓘ for God’s temple is holy, ⓙ and that is what you are.
18	Let no one deceive ⓚ himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, ⓛ let him become a fool ⓜ 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; [6] ⓒ
20	and again, The Lord knows that the reasonings ⓓ of the wise are futile. [7] ⓔ
21	So let no one 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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