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1 Corinthians 3

Divisions in the Church

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Or brothers and sisters} could not address you as ^bspiritual people, but as ^cpeople of the flesh, as ^dinfants in Christ. 2 ^eI fed you with milk, not solid food, for ^fyou were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, 3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there is ^gjealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? 4 For ^hwhen one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” ⁱare you not being merely human?

5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? ^jServants through whom you believed ^kas the Lord assigned to each. 6 ^lI planted ^mApollos watered ⁿbut God gave the growth. 7 So ^oneither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each ^pwill receive his wages according to his labor. 9 For we are ^qGod’s fellow workers. You are God’s field ^rGod’s building.

10 ^sAccording to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a ^tfoundation, and ^usomeone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. 11 For no one can lay a ^vfoundation other ^wthan that which is laid ^xwhich is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— 13 ^yeach one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed ^zby fire, and ^aathe fire will test what sort of work each one has done. 14 If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives ^abhe will receive a reward. 15 If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved ^acbut only as through fire.

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The Greek for you is plural in verses 16 and 17} are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For ^afGod’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

18 ^agLet no one deceive himself. ^ahIf anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 19 For ^aithe wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written ^aj“He catches the wise in their craftiness,” 20 and again ^ak“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” 21 So ^allet no one boast in men. For ^amall things are yours, 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, 23 and ^anyou are Christ’s, and ^aoChrist is God’s.