12 “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed(A)
    and establishes a town by injustice!
13 Has not the Lord Almighty determined
    that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,(B)
    that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?(C)
14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory(D) of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.(E)

15 “Woe to him who gives drink(F) to his neighbors,
    pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,
    so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!
16 You will be filled with shame(G) instead of glory.(H)
    Now it is your turn! Drink(I) and let your nakedness be exposed[a]!(J)
The cup(K) from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you,
    and disgrace will cover your glory.
17 The violence(L) you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
    and your destruction of animals will terrify you.(M)
For you have shed human blood;(N)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

18 “Of what value(O) is an idol(P) carved by a craftsman?
    Or an image(Q) that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
    he makes idols that cannot speak.(R)
19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
    Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’(S)
Can it give guidance?
    It is covered with gold and silver;(T)
    there is no breath in it.”(U)

20 The Lord is in his holy temple;(V)
    let all the earth be silent(W) before him.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:16 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) and stagger

10 By the grace God has given me,(A) I laid a foundation(B) 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.(C) 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,(D) because the Day(E) will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.(F) 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.(G) 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.(H)

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13
  2. 1 Corinthians 3:20 Psalm 94:11
  3. 1 Corinthians 3:22 That is, Peter

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