1 Corinthians 3
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
The Problem of Immaturity
3 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.(A) 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(B) and strife[a](C) 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,’(D) are you not acting like mere humans?
The Role of God’s Servants
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,(E) 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,[b] and each will receive his own reward according to his own labour. 9 For we are God’s co-workers.[c] You are God’s field, God’s building.(F)
10 According to God’s grace that was given to me, I have laid a foundation as a skilled master builder,[d] and another builds on it. But each one is to be careful how he builds on it. 11 For no one can lay any foundation(G) other than what has been laid down. That foundation is Jesus Christ. 12 If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver,(H) costly stones,(I) 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;(J) the fire will test the quality of each one’s work.(K) 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[e] loss, but he himself will be saved(L) – but only as through fire.(M)
16 Don’t you yourselves know that you are God’s temple(N) and that the Spirit of God lives in you?(O) 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him;(P) for God’s temple is holy,(Q) and that is what you are.
The Folly of Human Wisdom
18 Let no one deceive(R) himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age,(S) let him become a fool(T) so that he can become wise.(U) 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness(V) with God, since it is written,(W) He catches the wise in their craftiness;[f](X) 20 and again, The Lord knows that the reasonings(Y) of the wise are futile.[g](Z) 21 So let no one boast in human leaders, for everything is yours(AA) – 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas(AB) or the world or life(AC) or death(AD) or things present or things to come(AE) – everything is yours, 23 and you belong to Christ,(AF) and Christ belongs to God.
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Divisiones de la iglesia de Corinto
3 Así que yo, hermanos, no pude hablarles como a espirituales(A), sino como a carnales(B), como a niños(C) en Cristo. 2 Les di a beber leche, no alimento sólido(D), porque todavía no podían recibirlo(E). En verdad, ni aun ahora pueden, 3 porque todavía son carnales. Pues habiendo celos y discusiones(F) entre ustedes, ¿no son carnales y andan como hombres[a](G) del mundo? 4 Porque cuando uno dice: «Yo soy de Pablo», y otro: «Yo soy de Apolos(H)», ¿no son como hombres(I) del mundo? 5 ¿Qué es, pues, Apolos? ¿Y qué es Pablo? Servidores(J) mediante los cuales ustedes han creído, según el Señor dio oportunidad a cada uno(K). 6 Yo planté(L), Apolos(M) regó, pero Dios ha dado el crecimiento(N). 7 Así que ni el que planta ni el que riega es algo, sino Dios, que da el crecimiento. 8 Ahora bien, el que planta y el que riega son una misma cosa, pero cada uno recibirá su propia recompensa[b] conforme a su propio trabajo(O). 9 Porque nosotros somos colaboradores(P) en la labor de Dios, y ustedes son el campo de cultivo(Q) de Dios, el edificio de Dios(R).
Jesucristo, único cimiento
10 Conforme a la gracia de Dios que me fue dada(S), yo, como sabio arquitecto, puse el fundamento(T), y otro edifica sobre él(U). Pero cada uno tenga cuidado cómo edifica encima. 11 Pues nadie puede poner otro fundamento que el que ya está puesto, el cual es Jesucristo(V). 12 Ahora bien, si sobre este fundamento alguien edifica con oro, plata, piedras preciosas[c], madera, heno, paja, 13 la obra de cada uno se hará evidente(W); porque el día la dará a conocer, pues con fuego será revelada. El fuego mismo probará la calidad de la obra de cada uno[d](X). 14 Si permanece la obra de alguien que ha edificado sobre el fundamento, recibirá recompensa(Y). 15 Si la obra de alguien es consumida por el fuego, sufrirá pérdida; sin embargo, él será salvo, aunque así como a través del fuego(Z).
Ustedes son templo de Dios
16 ¿No saben que ustedes son templo[e] de Dios y que el Espíritu de Dios habita en ustedes(AA)? 17 Si alguno destruye el templo[f] de Dios, Dios lo destruirá a él, porque el templo[g] de Dios es santo, y eso es lo que ustedes son[h].
Ustedes son de Cristo
18 Nadie se engañe a sí mismo(AB). Si alguien de ustedes se cree sabio según este mundo[i](AC), hágase necio a fin de llegar a ser sabio(AD). 19 Porque la sabiduría de este mundo es necedad ante Dios(AE). Pues escrito está: «Él es el que prende a los sabios en su propia astucia(AF)». 20 Y también: «El Señor conoce los razonamientos de los sabios, los cuales son inútiles(AG)». 21 Así que nadie se jacte en los hombres(AH), porque todo es de ustedes(AI): 22 ya sea Pablo, o Apolos, o Cefas[j](AJ), o el mundo, o la vida, o la muerte(AK), o lo presente, o lo por venir, todo es suyo, 23 y ustedes de Cristo(AL), y Cristo de Dios(AM).
1 Corinthians 3
King James Version
3 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;
22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's;
23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
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