1 Corinthians 3
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1 Corinthians 3
1¶ And I, brothers, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
2I have fed you with milk, and not with solid food, for until now ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
3For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying and strife and divisions, are ye not carnal and walk as men?
4For while one says, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not carnal?
5¶ Who then is Paul? and who is Apollos? but servants by whom ye believed, each one according to that which the Lord gave.
6I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.
7So then neither is he that plants anything, neither he that waters, but God that gives the increase.
8Now he that plants and he that waters are one although each one shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
9For we are labourers together with God; ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
10According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds upon it. But let each one see how the building is built.
11¶ For no one can lay another foundation than that laid, which is Jesus the Christ.
12Now if anyone builds upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble,
13the work of each one shall be made manifest, for the day shall declare it because it shall be revealed by fire; the work of each one, whatever sort it is, the fire shall put it to test.
14If the work of anyone abides which he has built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15If anyone’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss, but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire.
16¶ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
17If anyone defiles the temple of God, God shall destroy that one; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
18¶ Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you seems to be wise in this age, let them become a fool that they may be wise.
19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He takes the wise in their own craftiness.
20And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
21¶ Therefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;
22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come, all are yours;
23and ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.
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The Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB) by Ransom Press International
1 Corinthians 3
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The Problem of Immaturity
1For my part, brothers and sisters, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ.#1Co 14:20; Heb 5:13; 1Pt 2:2 2I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, since you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready, 3because you are still worldly. For since there is envy#Jms 3:14,16 and strife#3:3 Other mss add and divisions#Ti 3:9 among you, are you not worldly and behaving like mere humans? 4For whenever someone says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,”#Ti 3:13 are you not acting like mere humans?
The Role of God’s Servants
5What then is Apollos? What is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given. 6I planted,#Ac 18:4–11; 1Co 4:15; 9:1; 15:1 Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7So, then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8Now he who plants and he who waters are one,#3:8 Or of equal status, or united in purpose and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9For we are God’s coworkers.#3:9 Or are coworkers belonging to God You are God’s field, God’s building.#1Pt 2:5
10According to God’s grace that was given to me, I have laid a foundation as a skilled master builder,#3:10 Or wise master builder and another builds on it. But each one is to be careful how he builds on it. 11For no one can lay any foundation#Is 28:16; Rm 15:20; 2Co 10:16; 11:4; Gl 1:6–9 other than what has been laid down. That foundation is Jesus Christ. 12If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver,#Jms 5:3 costly stones,#Rv 17:4 wood, hay, or straw, 13each one’s work will become obvious. For the day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire;#2Th 1:8; 1Pt 1:7 the fire will test the quality of each one’s work.#Ps 62:12; Pr 24:12; Mt 16:27; 2Co 5:10; 1Pt 1:17 14If anyone’s work that he has built survives, he will receive a reward. 15If anyone’s work is burned up, he will experience#3:15 Or suffer loss, but he himself will be saved#Mt 9:22; Ac 16:30; Eph 2:8 — but only as through fire.#Jd 23
16Don’t you yourselves know that you are God’s temple#Lk 1:21 and that the Spirit of God lives in you?#Lv 26:11; Jms 4:5 17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him;#Heb 6:8 for God’s temple is holy,#Ps 20:6; 1Co 7:14 and that is what you are.
The Folly of Human Wisdom
18Let no one deceive#2Co 11:3 himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age,#Lk 16:8 let him become a fool#Mt 5:22 so that he can become wise.#Is 5:21; Jr 8:8–9; Gl 6:3 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness#1Co 1:18 with God, since it is written,#Ac 15:15; Gl 4:22 He catches the wise in their craftiness;#3:19Jb 5:13#Jb 5:13; Lk 20:23 20and again, The Lord knows that the reasonings#Mt 15:19; 1Tm 2:8 of the wise are futile.#3:20Ps 94:11#Ps 94:11 21So let no one boast in human leaders, for everything is yours#Rm 8:32 — 22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas#Jn 1:42 or the world or life#1Jn 5:12 or death#Mt 10:21; Jn 8:51; Php 3:10 or things present or things to come#Rm 8:38 — everything is yours, 23and you belong to Christ,#Nm 3:12 and Christ belongs to God.
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