1 Corinthians 3 (New American Standard Bible)

1 Corinthians 3

Foundations for Living

 ¹And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to ^(A)spiritual men, but as to ^(B)men of flesh, as to ^(C)infants in Christ.

 ²I gave you ^(D)milk to drink, not solid food; for you ^(E)were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able,

 ³for you are still fleshly. For since there is ^(F)jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking ^(G)like mere men?

 ⁴For when ^(H)one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not mere ^(I)men?

 ⁵What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? ^(J)Servants through whom you believed, even ^(K)as the Lord gave opportunity to each one.

 ^6(L)I planted, ^(M)Apollos watered, but ^(N)God 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 ^(O)receive his own reward according to his own labor.

 ⁹For we are God's ^(P)fellow workers; you are God's ^(Q)field, God's ^(R)building.

 ¹⁰According to ^(S)the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder ^(T)I laid a foundation, and ^(U)another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.

 ¹¹For no man can lay a ^(V)foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

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

 ^13(W)each man's work will become evident; for ^(X)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.

 ¹⁴If any man's work which he has built on it remains, he will ^(Y)receive a reward.

 ¹⁵If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet ^(Z)so as through fire.

 ^16(AA)Do you not know that ^(AB)you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

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

 ^18(AC)Let no man deceive himself ^(AD)If any man among you thinks that he is wise in ^(AE)this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.

 ¹⁹For ^(AF)the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God For it is written, "He is ^(AG)THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS";

 ²⁰and again, "^(AH)THE LORD KNOWS THE REASONINGS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS."

 ²¹So then ^(AI)let no one boast in men For ^(AJ)all things belong to you,

 ^22(AK)whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or ^(AL)life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you,

 ²³and ^(AM)you belong to Christ; and ^(AN)Christ belongs to God.