1 Corinthiërs 3
Het Boek
Gods medewerkers en Gods akker
3 Broeders en zusters, toen ik bij u was, kon ik u nog niet toespreken als geestelijke mensen. U leidde uw eigen leven en deed uw eigen zin. Uw verhouding met Christus was nog zó pril dat ik u alleen maar melk kon geven. 2 Vast voedsel was te zwaar voor u en dat is helaas nog steeds het geval. Ook nu nog wordt u door uw eigen verlangens beheerst. 3 Want als u jaloers bent en elkaar niet kunt verdragen, wordt u blijkbaar nog door uw eigen verlangens beheerst. Dan bent u net als de ongelovige mensen. 4 Als de een zegt bij Paulus te horen en de ander bij Apollos, is dat erg menselijk geredeneerd. 5 Wie is Apollos en wie ben ik? God heeft ons willen gebruiken om u tot het geloof in Christus te brengen, ieder van ons zoals de Here het ons opgedragen heeft. 6 Ik heb het geloof in u geplant, Apollos heeft het verder verzorgd, maar alleen God kon het laten groeien. 7 De planter en de verzorger zijn niet belangrijk, maar God wel. Hij geeft de groei. 8 De planter en de verzorger kunnen niet zonder elkaar. Zij krijgen allebei de beloning die hun toekomt, afhankelijk van het werk dat zij deden. 9 Wij zijn Gods medewerkers en u bent Gods akker. Of anders gezegd: Gods gebouw.
10 God heeft mij het voorrecht en de kracht gegeven om als een goed architect de fundering te leggen waarop een ander voortbouwt. Natuurlijk moet iedereen wel oppassen hóe hij daarop bouwt. 11 Want een andere fundering dan Jezus Christus mag niemand leggen. 12 U kunt op die ene fundering met allerlei materialen bouwen, met goud, zilver en edelsteen, óf met hout, hooi en stro. 13 Het zal vanzelf blijken wat u hebt gedaan, want de grote dag van de Here komt met vuur. In het vuur blijft alleen over wat waardevol is, de rest verbrandt. 14 Als u met vuurvast materiaal op de fundering hebt gebouwd, krijgt u loon. 15 Als uw werk verbrandt, zult u verlies lijden. U zult zelf gered worden, maar dan wel door het vuur heen.
16 Weet u niet dat u zelf de tempel van God bent en dat zijn Geest in u woont? 17 Als iemand Gods tempel beschadigt, zal God hem schade toebrengen. Want Gods tempel is heilig. En u bent de tempel van God!
18 Maak uzelf niets wijs. Als iemand zich verbeeldt in deze wereld een wijs mens te zijn, moet hij dwaas worden. Dan pas zult u weten wat wijs is. 19 De wijsheid van deze wereld is voor God immers dwaasheid! Zo staat het ook in de Boeken: ‘God vangt de wijzen in hun eigen sluwheid,’ 20 en: ‘De Here weet dat wat er in wijze mensen omgaat nutteloos is.’ 21 Kijk geen mensen naar de ogen, want in God hebt u alles al ontvangen. 22 Of het nu om Paulus, Apollos of Petrus gaat, of om de wereld, het leven en de dood, of om heden of toekomst: alles ligt vast in Gods hand en is van u. 23 Want u bent van Christus en Christus is van God.
歌 林 多 前 書 3
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
教师只是上帝的仆人
3 兄弟姐妹们,过去,我不能把你们当做属灵的人,而只能把你们当做属世的人,当做基督教里的婴儿对你们说话。 2 我给你们的教导就像是奶,而不是固体食物,因为你们还不能吃固体食物,即使是现在你们还是不能吃固体食物。 3 你们还是属世的,你们彼此嫉妒和争吵。这难道不是说明了你们属世的吗?你们的行为难道不是和世人一样吗? 4 因为当这个说“我跟随保罗”,那个说“我跟随亚波罗”时,你们难道不是跟世人一样吗?
5 亚波罗重要吗?毫不重要!保罗重要吗?毫不重要!我们只不过是上帝的仆人,帮助过你们相信。我们是按照主的指派各守其职罢。 6 我曾播种(传教),亚波罗浇水。但是使其生长的却是上帝。 7 因此,不论是播种的,还是浇水的都不重要,重要的是使其生长的上帝。 8 播种的和浇水的目的一致。每个人都会按成果得到报酬。 9 我们是为上帝服务的同事,你们则是上帝的田地和建筑。
你们是上帝的房屋。 10 我用上帝给我的能力,像一个建筑专家一样,打下了这个地基。别人在这个地基上建造。但是,每个人都应该小心该如何在它之上建造。 11 这地基已被打好,没有人能打下其它的地基。这已被打好的地基就是耶稣基督。 12 如果一个人在这个地基上,用金、银、宝石、草木或泥石来建造, 13 每个人的工程质量都会显而易见的。因为在基督审判全人类的那天,一切都会显得一清二楚的。那一天将伴随着火显现,这火将检验每个人的工作质量。 14 如果一个人在这地基上造的建筑经受住了火的考验,他就会得到报偿。 15 如果一个人造的被烧毁,他就会遭受到损失。他本人会得救,但是,他却像从火里逃出来一样。
16 难道你们不知道自己是上帝的殿宇吗?不知道上帝的灵生活在你们心中吗? 17 谁毁了上帝的大殿,上帝就会毁了谁。因为上帝的大殿是神圣的,而你们就是上帝的大殿。
18 不要欺骗自己。如果你们中间有人按世人的标准自以为聪明,他应该变成一个“傻瓜”,以便能变得真正的聪明起来。 19 因为世人的智慧在上帝眼里却是愚蠢的。正如《经》上说的那样∶“他(上帝)使聪明人落入自己的诡计之中。” 20 还说∶“主知道有智慧人的思想毫无用处。” 21 任何人都不应该为人夸耀,因为一切都是你们的。 22 不论是保罗、亚波罗还是彼得 [a],不论是这个世界,是生还是死,也不论现在或是未来的事,一切都是你们的。 23 你们属于基督,基督属于上帝。
Footnotes
- 歌 林 多 前 書 3:22 彼得: 阿拉米语“矶法”。
1 Corinthians 3
New International Version
The Church and Its Leaders
3 Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit(A) but as people who are still worldly(B)—mere infants(C) in Christ. 2 I gave you milk, not solid food,(D) for you were not yet ready for it.(E) Indeed, you are still not ready. 3 You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling(F) among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? 4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,”(G) are you not mere human beings?
5 What, after all, is Apollos?(H) And what is Paul? Only servants,(I) through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6 I planted the seed,(J) Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.(K) 9 For we are co-workers in God’s service;(L) you are God’s field,(M) God’s building.(N)
10 By the grace God has given me,(O) I laid a foundation(P) as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.(Q) 12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13 their work will be shown for what it is,(R) because the Day(S) will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.(T) 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.(U) 15 If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.(V)
16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple(W) and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?(X) 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.
18 Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise(Y) by the standards of this age,(Z) you should become “fools” so that you may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness(AA) in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”[a];(AB) 20 and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”[b](AC) 21 So then, no more boasting about human leaders!(AD) All things are yours,(AE) 22 whether Paul or Apollos(AF) or Cephas[c](AG) or the world or life or death or the present or the future(AH)—all are yours, 23 and you are of Christ,(AI) and Christ is of God.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13
- 1 Corinthians 3:20 Psalm 94:11
- 1 Corinthians 3:22 That is, Peter
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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