1 Corinthians 3:16-23

Complete Jewish Bible

¹⁶Don’t you know that you people are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? ¹⁷So if anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you yourselves are that temple.

¹⁸Let no one fool himself. If someone among you thinks he is wise (by this world’s standards), let him become “foolish,” so that he may become really wise. ¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is nonsense, as far as God is concerned; inasmuch as the Tanakh says, “He traps the wise in their own cleverness,”^[a] ²⁰and again, “Adonai knows that the thoughts of the wise are worthless.”^[b] ²¹So let no one boast about human beings, for all things are yours — ²²whether Sha’ul or Apollos or Kefa or the world or life or death or the present or the future: they all belong to you, ²³and you belong to the Messiah, and the Messiah belongs to God.

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Footnotes

1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13
1 Corinthians 3:20 Psalm 94:11

1 Corinthians 3:16-23

New International Version

¹⁶Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple^(A) and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?^(B) ¹⁷If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.

¹⁸Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise^(C) by the standards of this age,^(D) you should become “fools” so that you may become wise. ¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness^(E) in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”^[a];^(F) ²⁰and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”^[b]^(G) ²¹So then, no more boasting about human leaders!^(H) All things are yours,^(I) ²²whether Paul or Apollos^(J) or Cephas^[c]^(K) or the world or life or death or the present or the future^(L)—all are yours, ²³and you are of Christ,^(M) and Christ is of God.