Jesus Christ, Our Foundation

3 And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to ^(A)spiritual men, but as to ^(B)fleshly men, as to ^(C)infants in Christ. ² I gave you ^(D)milk to drink, not solid food, for you ^(E)were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are still not able, ³ for you are still fleshly. For since there is ^(F)jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking ^[a](G)like mere men? ⁴ For when ^(H)one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not mere ^(I)men?

⁵ What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? ^(J)Servants through whom you believed, even ^(K)as the Lord gave to each one. ^6 (L)I planted, ^(M)Apollos watered, but ^(N)God was causing the growth. ⁷ So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. ⁸ Now he who plants and he who waters are one, but each will ^(O)receive his own ^[b]reward according to his own labor. ⁹ For we are God’s ^(P)fellow workers; you are God’s ^[c](Q)field, God’s ^(R)building.

¹⁰ According 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. ¹¹ For no one can lay a ^(V)foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. ¹² Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, ^[d]precious stones, wood, hay, straw, ^13 (W)each man’s work will become evident, for ^(X)the day will indicate it because it is revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test ^[e]the quality of each man’s work. ¹⁴ If any man’s work which he has built on it remains, he will ^(Y)receive a reward. ¹⁵ If 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 ^[f]sanctuary of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? ¹⁷ If any man destroys the ^[g]sanctuary of God, God will destroy him, for the ^[h]sanctuary of God is holy, and ^[i]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. ¹⁹ For ^(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”; ²⁰ and again, “^(AH)The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are useless.” ²¹ So 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, ²³ and ^(AM)you belong to Christ, and ^(AN)Christ belongs to God.