For when (A)one person says, “I am [a]with Paul,” and another, “I am [b]with Apollos,” are you not ordinary (B)people?

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? (C)Servants through whom you believed, even (D)as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. (E)I planted, (F)Apollos watered, but (G)God was causing the growth. So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one; but each will (H)receive his own [c]reward according to his own labor. For we are God’s (I)fellow workers; you are God’s [d](J)field, God’s (K)building.

10 According to (L)the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder (M)I laid a foundation, and (N)another is building on it. But each person must be careful how he builds on it. 11 For no one can lay a (O)foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, 13 (P)each one’s work will become evident; for (Q)the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test [e]the quality of each one’s work. 14 If anyone’s work which he has built on it remains, he will (R)receive a reward. 15 If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet only (S)so as through fire.

16 (T)Do you not know that (U)you are a [f]temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys the [g]temple of God, God will destroy [h]that person; for the [i]temple of God is holy, [j]and that is what you are.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 3:4 Lit of
  2. 1 Corinthians 3:4 Lit of
  3. 1 Corinthians 3:8 Or wages
  4. 1 Corinthians 3:9 Or cultivated land
  5. 1 Corinthians 3:13 Lit of what sort each man’s work is
  6. 1 Corinthians 3:16 Or sanctuary
  7. 1 Corinthians 3:17 Or sanctuary
  8. 1 Corinthians 3:17 Lit this
  9. 1 Corinthians 3:17 Or sanctuary
  10. 1 Corinthians 3:17 Lit who you are

For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,”(A) are you not mere human beings?

What, after all, is Apollos?(B) And what is Paul? Only servants,(C) through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed,(D) 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.(E) For we are co-workers in God’s service;(F) you are God’s field,(G) God’s building.(H)

10 By the grace God has given me,(I) I laid a foundation(J) 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.(K) 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,(L) because the Day(M) will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.(N) 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.(O) 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.(P)

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

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