⁶ I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

⁹ For we are God’s coworkers, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building.^(A)

¹⁰ According to the grace of God given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Let each builder choose with care how to build on it.^(B)

¹⁴ For we were not overstepping our limits when we reached you; we were the first to come all the way to you with the good news^[a] of Christ.^{(A) 15} We do not boast beyond limits, that is, in the labors of others, but our hope is that, as your faith increases, our field among you may be greatly enlarged,

³⁰ In contrast, God is why you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,^(A)

The Rights of an Apostle

9 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?^(A)

²⁶ He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him they took him aside and explained the Way of God to him more accurately. ²⁷ And when he wished to cross over to Achaia, the brothers and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. On his arrival he greatly helped those who through grace had become believers,^(A)

⁴ Every Sabbath he would argue in the synagogue and would try to convince Jews and Greeks.^(A)

⁵ When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with proclaiming the word,^[a] testifying to the Jews that the Messiah^[b] was Jesus.^{(B) 6} When they opposed and reviled him, in protest he shook the dust from his clothes^[c] and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the gentiles.”^{(C) 7} Then he left the synagogue^[d] and went to the house of a man named Titius^[e] Justus, a worshiper of God; his house was next door to the synagogue.^{(D) 8} Crispus, the official of the synagogue, became a believer in the Lord, together with all his household, and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul became believers and were baptized.^{(E) 9} One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent,^{(F) 10} for I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to harm you, for there are many in this city who are my people.”^{(G) 11} He stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

Fatherly Admonition

¹⁴ I am not writing this to make you ashamed but to admonish you as my beloved children. ¹⁵ For though you might have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers. Indeed, in Christ Jesus I fathered you through the gospel.^(A)