1 Corintios 3
Dios Habla Hoy
Deficiencias de la comunidad de Corinto
3 Yo, hermanos, no pude hablarles entonces como a gente madura espiritualmente, sino como a personas débiles, como a niños en cuanto a las cosas de Cristo. 2 Les di una enseñanza sencilla, igual que a un niño de pecho se le da leche en vez de alimento sólido, porque ustedes todavía no podían digerir la comida fuerte. ¡Y ni siquiera pueden digerirla ahora, 3 porque todavía son débiles! Mientras haya entre ustedes envidias y discordias, es que todavía son débiles y actúan con criterios puramente humanos. 4 Porque cuando uno afirma: «Yo soy de Pablo», y otro: «Yo soy de Apolo», están manteniendo criterios puramente humanos.
5 A fin de cuentas, ¿qué es Apolo?, ¿qué es Pablo? Simplemente servidores, por medio de los cuales ustedes han llegado a la fe. Cada uno de nosotros hizo el trabajo que el Señor le señaló: 6 yo sembré y Apolo regó, pero Dios es quien hizo crecer lo sembrado. 7 De manera que ni el que siembra ni el que riega son nada, sino que Dios lo es todo, pues él es quien hace crecer lo sembrado. 8 Los que siembran y los que riegan son iguales, aunque Dios pagará a cada uno según su trabajo. 9 Somos compañeros de trabajo al servicio de Dios, y ustedes son un sembrado y una construcción que pertenecen a Dios. 10 Yo fui el maestro albañil al cual Dios en su bondad encargó poner los fundamentos, y otro está construyendo sobre ellos. Pero cada uno debe tener cuidado de cómo construye, 11 pues nadie puede poner otro fundamento que el que ya está puesto, que es Jesucristo. 12 Sobre este fundamento, uno puede construir con oro, plata y piedras preciosas, o con madera, paja y cañas; 13 pero el trabajo de cada cual se verá claramente en el día del juicio; porque ese día vendrá con fuego, y el fuego probará la clase de trabajo que cada uno haya hecho. 14 Si lo que uno construyó es resistente, recibirá su pago; 15 pero si lo que construyó llega a quemarse, perderá su trabajo, aunque él mismo logrará salvarse como quien escapa del fuego.
16 ¿Acaso no saben ustedes que son templo de Dios, y que el Espíritu de Dios vive en ustedes? 17 Si alguno destruye el templo de Dios, Dios lo destruirá a él, porque el templo de Dios es santo, y ese templo son ustedes mismos.
18 Que nadie se engañe: si alguno de ustedes se cree sabio según la sabiduría de este mundo, vuélvase como un ignorante, para así llegar a ser verdaderamente sabio. 19 Pues la sabiduría de este mundo es pura tontería para Dios. En efecto, la Escritura dice: «Dios atrapa a los sabios en la propia astucia de ellos.» 20 Y dice también: «El Señor sabe que los pensamientos de los sabios son tonterías.» 21 Por eso, nadie debe sentirse orgulloso de lo que es propio de los hombres; pues todas las cosas son de ustedes: 22 Pablo, Apolo, Cefas, el mundo, la vida, la muerte, el presente y el futuro; todo es de ustedes, y 23 ustedes son de Cristo, y Cristo es de Dios.
1 Corinthians 3
New International Version
The Church and Its Leaders
3 Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit(A) but as people who are still worldly(B)—mere infants(C) in Christ. 2 I gave you milk, not solid food,(D) for you were not yet ready for it.(E) Indeed, you are still not ready. 3 You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling(F) among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? 4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,”(G) are you not mere human beings?
5 What, after all, is Apollos?(H) And what is Paul? Only servants,(I) through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6 I planted the seed,(J) 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.(K) 9 For we are co-workers in God’s service;(L) you are God’s field,(M) God’s building.(N)
10 By the grace God has given me,(O) I laid a foundation(P) 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.(Q) 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,(R) because the Day(S) will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.(T) 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.(U) 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.(V)
16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple(W) and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?(X) 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(Y) by the standards of this age,(Z) you should become “fools” so that you may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness(AA) in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”[a];(AB) 20 and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”[b](AC) 21 So then, no more boasting about human leaders!(AD) All things are yours,(AE) 22 whether Paul or Apollos(AF) or Cephas[c](AG) or the world or life or death or the present or the future(AH)—all are yours, 23 and you are of Christ,(AI) and Christ is of God.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13
- 1 Corinthians 3:20 Psalm 94:11
- 1 Corinthians 3:22 That is, Peter
1 Corinthians 3
English Standard Version
Divisions in the Church
3 But I, brothers,[a] could not address you as (A)spiritual people, but as (B)people of the flesh, as (C)infants in Christ. 2 (D)I fed you with milk, not solid food, for (E)you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, 3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there is (F)jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? 4 For (G)when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” (H)are you not being merely human?
5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? (I)Servants through whom you believed, (J)as the Lord assigned to each. 6 (K)I planted, (L)Apollos watered, (M)but God gave the growth. 7 So (N)neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each (O)will receive his wages according to his labor. 9 For we are (P)God's fellow workers. You are God's field, (Q)God's building.
10 (R)According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled[b] master builder I laid a (S)foundation, and (T)someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. 11 For no one can lay a (U)foundation other (V)than that which is laid, (W)which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— 13 (X)each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed (Y)by fire, and (Z)the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. 14 If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, (AA)he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, (AB)but only as through fire.
16 (AC)Do you not know that you[c] are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For (AD)God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.
18 (AE)Let no one deceive himself. (AF)If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 19 For (AG)the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, (AH)“He catches the wise in their craftiness,” 20 and again, (AI)“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” 21 So (AJ)let no one boast in men. For (AK)all things are yours, 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, 23 and (AL)you are Christ's, and (AM)Christ is God's.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 3:1 Or brothers and sisters
- 1 Corinthians 3:10 Or wise
- 1 Corinthians 3:16 The Greek for you is plural in verses 16 and 17
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