1 Corinthians 3

¹And I, brothers and sisters, was not able to speak to you as those of the Spirit, but as creatures of flesh—as mere infants in Christ. ²I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, for you were not yet capable of it. Why, even now you are not capable, ³for you are still flesh-driven. For where there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not flesh-driven and walking according to a merely human standard? ⁴For when someone says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” are you not acting like mere humans?

⁵What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord gave to each. ⁶I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. ⁷So then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who causes the growth. ⁸The one who plants and the one who waters are one in purpose, but each will receive their own pay according to their own labor. ⁹For we are God’s coworkers; you all are God’s cultivated field, God’s building.

¹⁰According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon it. But let each person be careful how they build upon it. ¹¹For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. ¹²Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, ¹³each person’s work will be made manifest. For the Day will reveal it, because it is disclosed in fire; the fire itself will test what kind of work each person has done. ¹⁴If the work someone has built survives, they will receive pay. ¹⁵If someone’s work is burned up, they will suffer loss, though they themselves will be saved—but only as one escaping through fire.

¹⁶Do you not know that you all are God’s temple-sanctuary and that the Spirit of God dwells in your midst? ¹⁷If anyone destroys God’s temple-sanctuary, God will destroy that person. For God’s temple-sanctuary is holy, and that is what you all are.

¹⁸Let no one deceive themselves. If anyone among you thinks they are wise in this current age, let them become a fool so that they may truly become wise. ¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s presence. For it is written, “He is the one who catches the wise in their own craftiness,” ²⁰and again, “The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are futile.” ²¹So then, let no one boast in human leaders. For all things belong to you— ²²whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come—all belong to you, ²³and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.