FIRST
CORINTHIANS
First Corinthians
3
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¶ And I could not talk to you at that time, brethren, as spiritual men,
but only as carnal, even as babes in Christ.
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I fed you with milk, and not with meat: for you were not yet ready for it, and
you are still not ready.
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For you are still carnal: for as long as there is
jealousy, strife, and division among you, are you not walking after the flesh,
and acting like unsaved men?
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For when one says, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are you
not acting like ordinary, unregenerate men?
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¶ Who after all are Paul and Apollos, but ministering
servants through whom you came to faith, even as the Lord gave each his task?
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I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
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So neither he who plants, nor he who waters, is anything; but only God who
gives the increase.
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Now the one planting and the one watering are one in
purpose: and each will receive his own wage according to his own labor.
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For we are God’s co-workers: you are God’s vineyard, you are God’s
building.
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According to the grace of God given to me as a wise master builder, I laid a
foundation, and another builds on it. But let every man be careful how he
builds on it.
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¶ For no man can lay any foundation other than the one
that is already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
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Now if anyone builds on this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood,
hay, stubble;
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His work will be shown for what it is: for the day will bring it to light,
because it will be tested by fire; and the fire will reveal the quality of each
man’s work of what sort it is.
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If what anyone has built survives, he will receive his reward.
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If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss: though he himself will be
saved; but only as one escaping through the flames.
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¶ Don’t you know that you are the
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If any man destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for the
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¶ Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks
he is wise by the standards of this world, let him become a fool, that he may
become wise.
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For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He
takes the wise in their own craftiness.
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And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are useless.
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¶ Therefore let no man boast in men. For all things
are yours;
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Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things
present, or things to come; all are yours;
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And you are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.