⁵ What, after all, is Apollos?^(A) And what is Paul? Only servants,^(B) through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. ⁶ I planted the seed,^(C) 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.^{(D) 9} For we are co-workers in God’s service;^(E) you are God’s field,^(F) God’s building.^(G)

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

¹⁶ Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple^(P) and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?^{(Q) 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^(R) by the standards of this age,^(S) you should become “fools” so that you may become wise. ¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness^(T) in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”^[a];^{(U) 20} and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”^{[b](V) 21} So then, no more boasting about human leaders!^(W) All things are yours,^{(X) 22} whether Paul or Apollos^(Y) or Cephas^[c](Z) or the world or life or death or the present or the future^(AA)—all are yours, ²³ and you are of Christ,^(AB) and Christ is of God.