1 Corinthians 3:1-9

New Century Version

Following People Is Wrong

3 Brothers and sisters, in the past I could not talk to you as I talk to spiritual people. I had to talk to you as I would to people without the Spirit—babies in Christ. ² The teaching I gave you was like milk, not solid food, because you were not able to take solid food. And even now you are not ready. ³ You are still not spiritual, because there is jealousy and quarreling among you, and this shows that you are not spiritual. You are acting like people of the world. ⁴ One of you says, “I belong to Paul,” and another says, “I belong to Apollos.” When you say things like this, you are acting like people of the world.

⁵ Is Apollos important? No! Is Paul important? No! We are only servants of God who helped you believe. Each one of us did the work God gave us to do. ⁶ I planted the seed, and Apollos watered it. But God is the One who made it grow. ⁷ So the one who plants is not important, and the one who waters is not important. Only God, who makes things grow, is important. ⁸ The one who plants and the one who waters have the same purpose, and each will be rewarded for his own work. ⁹ We are God’s workers, working together; you are like God’s farm, God’s house.