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1 Corinthians 3

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& And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ.

& I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able {to receive it.} Indeed, even now you are not yet able,

& for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?

& For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not {mere} men?

& What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave {opportunity} to each one.

& I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.

& So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.

& Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

& For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.

& According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.

& For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

& Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,

& each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is {to be} revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work.

& If any man's work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward.

& If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.

& Do you not know that you are a temple of God and {that} the Spirit of God dwells in you?

& If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.

& Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.

& For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, "{He is} THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS";

& and again, "THE LORD KNOWS THE REASONINGS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS."

& So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you,

& whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you,

& and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God.

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