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Indeed, even now you are still not able, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>like mere men? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not <i>mere</i> men? <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to each one. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Now he who plants and he who waters are one, but each will receive his own <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>reward according to his own labor. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>field, God’s building. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For no one can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>precious stones, wood, hay, straw, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>each man’s work will become evident, for the day will indicate it because it is revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>the quality of each man’s work. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>If any man’s work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Do you not know that you are a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>sanctuary of God and <i>that</i> the Spirit of God dwells in you? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>If any man destroys the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>sanctuary of God, God will destroy him, for the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>sanctuary of God is holy, and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>that is what you are. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “<i>He is</i> THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS”; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and again, “THE LORD KNOWS THE REASONINGS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>according to man</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>wages</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>cultivated land</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Or <i>costly</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>of what sort each man’s work is</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> The inner part of the temple<br><span class="fnverse">17</span> The inner part of the temple<br><span class="fnverse">17</span> The inner part of the temple<br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Lit <i>who you are</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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