| 1 | And I, brethren, have not been able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly; as to babes in Christ. |
| 2 | I have given you milk to drink, not meat, for ye have not yet been able, nor indeed are ye yet able; |
| 3 | for ye are yet carnal. For whereas [there are] among you emulation and strife, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man? |
| 4 | For when one says, I am of Paul, and another, I of Apollos, are ye not men? |
| 5 | Who then is Apollos, and who Paul? Ministering servants, through whom ye have believed, and as the Lord has given to each. |
| 6 | I have planted; Apollos watered; but God has given the increase. |
| 7 | So that neither the planter is anything, nor the waterer; but God the giver of the increase. |
| 8 | But the planter and the waterer are one; but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. |
| 9 | For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's husbandry, God's building. |
| 10 | According to the grace of God which has been given to me, as a wise architect, I have laid the foundation, but another builds upon it. But let each see how he builds upon it. |
| 11 | For other foundation can no man lay besides that which [is] laid, which is Jesus Christ. |
| 12 | Now if any one build upon [this] foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, straw, |
| 13 | the work of each shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare [it], because it is revealed in fire; and the fire shall try the work of each what it is. |
| 14 | If the work of any one which he has built upon [the foundation] shall abide, he shall receive a reward. |
| 15 | If the work of any one shall be consumed, he shall suffer loss, but he shall be saved, but so as through [the] fire. |
| 16 | Do ye not know that ye are [the] temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwells in you? |
| 17 | If any one corrupt the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye. |
| 18 | Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise. |
| 19 | For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness. |
| 20 | And again, [The] Lord knows the reasonings of the wise that they are vain. |
| 21 | So that 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 coming, all are yours; |
| 23 | and ye [are] Christ's, and Christ [is] God's. |