Corinthians (The First Epistle of Paul to the )

And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to babes in Christ.

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able [to] receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able,

For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not [mere] men?

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave [opportunity] to each one.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.

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

Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.

According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon it. But let each man be careful how he builds upon it.

For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Now if any man builds upon the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,

each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it, because it is [to be] revealed with fire; and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work.

If any man's work which he has built upon it remains, he shall receive a reward.

If any man's work is burned up, he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved, yet so as through fire.

Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwells in you?

If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become foolish that he may become wise.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, "[He is] the one who catches the wise in their craftiness";

and again, "The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are useless."

So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you,

whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you,

and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God.