1 Corinthians 3:1-9

New American Standard Bible 1995

Foundations for Living

3 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to ^(A)spiritual men, but as to ^(B)men of flesh, as to ^(C)infants in Christ. ² I gave you ^(D)milk to drink, not solid food; for you ^(E)were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, ³ for you are still fleshly. For since there is ^(F)jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking ^[a](G)like mere men? ⁴ For when ^(H)one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not mere ^(I)men?

⁵ What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? ^(J)Servants through whom you believed, even ^(K)as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. ^6 (L)I planted, ^(M)Apollos watered, but ^(N)God was causing the growth. ⁷ So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. ⁸ Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will ^(O)receive his own ^[b]reward according to his own labor. ⁹ For we are God’s ^(P)fellow workers; you are God’s ^[c](Q)field, God’s ^(R)building.