[1] Brothers, I couldn`t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly,
as to babes in Christ. [2] I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you
weren`t yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready, [3] for you are
still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among
you, aren`t you fleshly, and don`t you walk in the ways of men? [4] For
when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," aren`t you
fleshly? [5] Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through
whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him? [6] I planted. Apollos
watered. But God gave the increase. [7] So then neither he who plants is
anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. [8] Now he who
plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward
according to his own labor. [9] For we are God`s fellow workers. You are
God`s farming, God`s building. [10] According to the grace of God which was
given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another
builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it. [11] For no
one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is
Jesus Christ. [12] But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold,
silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble; [13] each man`s work will be
revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and
the fire itself will test what sort of work each man`s work is. [14] If any
man`s work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward. [15] If
any man`s work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be
saved, but as through fire. [16] Don`t you know that you are a temple of
God, and that God`s Spirit lives in you? [17] If anyone destroys the temple
of God, God will destroy him; for God`s temple is holy, which you are. [18]
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in
this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. [19] For the
wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He has
taken the wise in their craftiness." [20] And again, "The Lord knows the
reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless." [21] Therefore let no one
boast in men. For all things are yours, [22] whether Paul, or Apollos, or
Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to
come. All are yours, [23] and you are Christ`s, and Christ is God`s.
