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不可分派結黨

弟兄們,我從前對你們說話,還不能把你們看作屬靈的人,只能看作屬肉體的人,看作在基督裡的嬰孩。 我餵給你們吃的是奶,不是飯,因為那時你們不能吃,就是現在還是不能, 因為你們仍然是屬肉體的。在你們當中既然有嫉妒紛爭,你們不還是屬肉體,照著世人的方式而行嗎? 有人說“我是保羅派的”,又有人說“我是亞波羅派的”,你們不是和世人一樣嗎? 亞波羅算甚麼?保羅算甚麼?我們不過是 神的僕人,你們藉著我們信了主;按著主所賜給各人的, 我栽種了,亞波羅澆灌了,唯有 神使它生長。 所以,栽種的算不得甚麼,澆灌的也算不得甚麼,只在乎那使它生長的 神。 栽種的和澆灌的都是一樣,只是各人要照著自己的勞苦得著自己的報酬。 我們是 神的同工,你們是 神的田地, 神的房屋。

10 我照著 神賜給我的恩典,就像一個聰明的工程師,立好了根基,別人在上面建造。各人要注意怎樣在上面建造, 11 因為除了那已經立好的根基以外,沒有人能立別的根基。那根基就是耶穌基督。 12 如果有人用金、銀、寶石、草、木、禾稭,在這根基上建造, 13 各人的工程將來必要顯露,因為那日子必把它顯明出來。有火要把它顯露出來,那火要考驗各人的工程是怎樣的。 14 如果有人在這根基上建造的工程存得住,他就要得到賞賜; 15 如果有人的工程被燒毀,他就要受虧損;自己卻要得救,只是要像從火裡經過一樣。 16 難道不知道你們是 神的殿, 神的靈住在你們裡面嗎? 17 如果有人毀壞 神的殿, 神必要毀壞這人,因為 神的殿是聖潔的,這殿就是你們。

18 誰也不要自欺。如果你們當中有人以為自己在這世代裡是有智慧的,他就應該變為愚笨,好讓他有智慧。 19 因為這世界的智慧,在 神看來是愚笨的,如經上所記:

“他使有智慧的人中了自己的詭計。”

20 又說:

“主知道智慧人的意念是虛妄的。”

21 所以,誰都不可拿人來誇耀,因為一切都是你們的。 22 無論是保羅,是亞波羅,是磯法,是世界,是生,是死,是現在的事,是將來的事,都是你們的。 23 你們是屬基督的,基督是屬 神的。

同是上帝的僕人

弟兄姊妹,以前我對你們講話的時候,還不能把你們看作屬靈的人,只能把你們看作屬肉體的人,是在基督裡的嬰孩。 我只能用奶而不能用飯來餵養你們,因為你們當時不能消化,甚至現在也不能。 你們仍然是屬肉體的人,因為你們中間有嫉妒、爭鬥。這豈不證明你們是屬肉體的,行事為人和世人一樣嗎? 你們有的說:「我是跟隨保羅的」,有的說:「我是跟隨亞波羅的」,這豈不證明你們和世人一樣嗎?

亞波羅算什麼?保羅算什麼?我們不過是上帝的僕人,各人照著主所賜的才幹引導你們信靠上帝。 我栽種,亞波羅灌溉,但使之生長的是上帝。 所以栽種的和灌溉的都算不得什麼,一切都在於使之生長的上帝。 其實栽種的人和澆灌的人目標都一樣,各人將按照自己的付出得報酬。 因為我們是上帝的同工,你們是上帝的園地和建築。

10 我照著上帝賜給我的恩典,好像一位有智慧的建築師打穩了根基,然後讓其他的工人在上面建造。但每個人建造的時候要小心, 11 因為除了那已經奠定的根基——耶穌基督以外,沒有人能另立根基。 12 人們用金、銀、寶石、草、木或禾稭在這根基上建造, 13 每個人的工程將來都會顯明出來,因為到了審判的日子,必用火試驗各人工程的品質。 14 人在這根基上所建造的工程若經得起考驗,他必獲得獎賞。 15 人的工程若被燒毀了,他必遭受損失,自己雖然可以得救,卻像火裡逃生一樣。

16 豈不知你們就是上帝的殿,上帝的靈住在你們裡面嗎? 17 若有人摧毀上帝的殿,上帝必摧毀那人,因為上帝的殿是神聖的,你們就是這殿。

18 你們不要自欺。如果你們有人自以為在世上有智慧,他應當變成愚人,好成為真正的智者。 19 因為這世上的智慧在上帝的眼中都是愚昧的,正如聖經上說:「上帝使智者中了自己的詭計。」 20 又說:「主知道智者的思想虛妄。」 21 因此,誰都不要仗著人誇耀,因為萬物都屬於你們, 22 無論是保羅、亞波羅、彼得、世界、生命、死亡、現在的事或將來的事都屬於你們, 23 你們屬於基督,基督屬於上帝。

Wisdom applied to divisions in the church

Brothers and sisters, I couldn’t talk to you like spiritual people but like unspiritual people, like babies in Christ. I gave you milk to drink instead of solid food, because you weren’t up to it yet. Now you are still not up to it because you are still unspiritual. When jealousy and fighting exist between you, aren’t you unspiritual and living by human standards? When someone says, “I belong to Paul,” and someone else says, “I belong to Apollos,” aren’t you acting like people without the Spirit? After all, what is Apollos? What is Paul? They are servants who helped you to believe. Each one had a role given to them by the Lord: I planted, Apollos watered, but God made it grow. Because of this, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but the only one who is anything is God who makes it grow. The one who plants and the one who waters work together, but each one will receive their own reward for their own labor. We are God’s coworkers, and you are God’s field, God’s building.

10 I laid a foundation like a wise master builder according to God’s grace that was given to me, but someone else is building on top of it. Each person needs to pay attention to the way they build on it. 11 No one can lay any other foundation besides the one that is already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 So, whether someone builds on top of the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, or hay, 13 each one’s work will be clearly shown. The day will make it clear, because it will be revealed with fire—the fire will test the quality of each one’s work. 14 If anyone’s work survives, they’ll get a reward. 15 But if anyone’s work goes up in flames, they’ll lose it. However, they themselves will be saved as if they had gone through a fire. 16 Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and God’s Spirit lives in you? 17 If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person, because God’s temple is holy, which is what you are.

18 Don’t fool yourself. If some of you think they are worldly-wise, then they should become foolish so that they can become wise. 19 This world’s wisdom is foolishness to God. As it’s written, He catches the wise in their cleverness.[a] 20 And also, The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are silly.[b] 21 So then, no one should brag about human beings. Everything belongs to you— 22 Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, things in the present, things in the future—everything belongs to you, 23 but you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

The Church and Its Leaders

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. I gave you milk, not solid food,(D) for you were not yet ready for it.(E) Indeed, you are still not ready. 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? For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,”(G) are you not mere human beings?

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. I planted the seed,(J) Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.(K) 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. 1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13
  2. 1 Corinthians 3:20 Psalm 94:11
  3. 1 Corinthians 3:22 That is, Peter

And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

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.

For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

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.