1 Corinthians 3

Division Is of the Flesh

1And so, brothers, I could not address you as spiritual men, but as men of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet able to receive it. Even now you are still not able, 3for you are still of the flesh. For where there is 1jealousy, strife, and division among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving like mere men? 4For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another says, “I follow Apollos,” are you not 2of the flesh? 53

Who then is 4Paul, and who is Apollos, 5but servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each? 6I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7So then, neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but only God who gives the growth. 8He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9For we are fellow workers of God; you are God's field, God's building.

10According to the grace of God given to me, like a wise master builder I 6have laid a foundation, and another builds upon it. But each person must be careful how he builds upon it. 11For no one can lay a foundation other than the one that has been laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12If anyone builds upon 7this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, 13his work will become evident, for the Day will make it clear, because it is revealed by fire. And the 8fire will test each person's work and reveal what sort of work it is. 14If the work that anyone has built remains, he will receive a reward. 15If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; yet he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

16Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which is what you are.

18Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become foolish so that he may become truly wise. 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. As it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” 20and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” 21So then, let no one boast in men. For everything belongs to you, 22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world, or life or death, or things present or things to come—everything belongs to you, 23and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.