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不可分派结党

弟兄们,我从前对你们说话,还不能把你们看作属灵的人,只能看作属肉体的人,看作在基督里的婴孩。 我喂给你们吃的是奶,不是饭,因为那时你们不能吃,就是现在还是不能, 因为你们仍然是属肉体的。在你们当中既然有嫉妒纷争,你们不还是属肉体,照着世人的方式而行吗? 有人说“我是保罗派的”,又有人说“我是亚波罗派的”,你们不是和世人一样吗? 亚波罗算甚么?保罗算甚么?我们不过是 神的仆人,你们借着我们信了主;按着主所赐给各人的, 我栽种了,亚波罗浇灌了,唯有 神使它生长。 所以,栽种的算不得甚么,浇灌的也算不得甚么,只在乎那使它生长的 神。 栽种的和浇灌的都是一样,只是各人要照着自己的劳苦得着自己的报酬。 我们是 神的同工,你们是 神的田地, 神的房屋。

10 我照着 神赐给我的恩典,就像一个聪明的工程师,立好了根基,别人在上面建造。各人要注意怎样在上面建造, 11 因为除了那已经立好的根基以外,没有人能立别的根基。那根基就是耶稣基督。 12 如果有人用金、银、宝石、草、木、禾秸,在这根基上建造, 13 各人的工程将来必要显露,因为那日子必把它显明出来。有火要把它显露出来,那火要考验各人的工程是怎样的。 14 如果有人在这根基上建造的工程存得住,他就要得到赏赐; 15 如果有人的工程被烧毁,他就要受亏损;自己却要得救,只是要像从火里经过一样。 16 难道不知道你们是 神的殿, 神的灵住在你们里面吗? 17 如果有人毁坏 神的殿, 神必要毁坏这人,因为 神的殿是圣洁的,这殿就是你们。

18 谁也不要自欺。如果你们当中有人以为自己在这世代里是有智慧的,他就应该变为愚笨,好让他有智慧。 19 因为这世界的智慧,在 神看来是愚笨的,如经上所记:

“他使有智慧的人中了自己的诡计。”

20 又说:

“主知道智慧人的意念是虚妄的。”

21 所以,谁都不可拿人来夸耀,因为一切都是你们的。 22 无论是保罗,是亚波罗,是矶法,是世界,是生,是死,是现在的事,是将来的事,都是你们的。 23 你们是属基督的,基督是属 神的。

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

Servants of God

As a matter of fact, my friends, I could not talk to you as I talk to people who have the Spirit; I had to talk to you as though you belonged to this world, as children in the Christian faith. (A)I had to feed you milk, not solid food, because you were not ready for it. And even now you are not ready for it, because you still live as the people of this world live. When there is jealousy among you and you quarrel with one another, doesn't this prove that you belong to this world, living by its standards? (B)When one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos”—aren't you acting like worldly people?

After all, who is Apollos? And who is Paul? We are simply God's servants, by whom you were led to believe. Each one of us does the work which the Lord gave him to do: (C)I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plant, but it was God who made the plant grow. The one who plants and the one who waters really do not matter. It is God who matters, because he makes the plant grow. There is no difference between the one who plants and the one who waters; God will reward each one according to the work each has done. For we are partners working together for God, and you are God's field.

You are also God's building. 10 Using the gift that God gave me, I did the work of an expert builder and laid the foundation, and someone else is building on it. But each of you must be careful how you build. 11 For God has already placed Jesus Christ as the one and only foundation, and no other foundation can be laid. 12 Some will use gold or silver or precious stones in building on the foundation; others will use wood or grass or straw. 13 And the quality of each person's work will be seen when the Day of Christ exposes it. For on that Day fire will reveal everyone's work; the fire will test it and show its real quality. 14 If what was built on the foundation survives the fire, the builder will receive a reward. 15 But if your work is burnt up, then you will lose it; but you yourself will be saved, as if you had escaped through the fire.

16 (D)Surely you know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you! 17 God will destroy anyone who destroys God's temple. For God's temple is holy, and you yourselves are his temple.

18 You should not fool yourself. If any of you think that you are wise by this world's standards, you should become a fool, in order to be really wise. 19 (E)For what this world considers to be wisdom is nonsense in God's sight. As the scripture says, “God traps the wise in their cleverness”; 20 (F)and another scripture says, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are worthless.” 21 No one, then, should boast about what human beings can do. Actually everything belongs to you: 22 Paul, Apollos, and Peter; this world, life and death, the present and the future—all these are yours, 23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.