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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Corinthians 3 BSB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_corinthians/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap//1_corinthians/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BSB</a> > 1 Corinthians 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_corinthians/2.htm" title="1 Corinthians 2">◄</a> 1 Corinthians 3 <a href="../1_corinthians/4.htm" title="1 Corinthians 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Berean Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/1_corinthians/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">God’s Fellow Workers<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../hebrews/5.htm#11">Hebrews 5:11–14</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready, <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man? <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men? <A name="6"></a><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? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. <A name="10"></a><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 field, God’s building. <A name="11"></a><p class="hdg">Christ Our Foundation<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../isaiah/28.htm#14">Isaiah 28:14–22</a>; <a href ="../ephesians/2.htm#19">Ephesians 2:19–22</a>; <a href ="../1_peter/2.htm">1 Peter 2:1–8</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds. <A name="12"></a><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 already laid, which is Jesus Christ. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames. <A name="17"></a><p class="hdg">God’s Temple and God’s Wisdom<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../romans/12.htm">Romans 12:1–8</a>; <a href ="../1_corinthians/6.htm#18">1 Corinthians 6:18–20</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> you? <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours, <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them 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.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Literally <i>are one</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>among</i><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <a href="../job/5.htm#13">Job 5:13</a><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <a href="../psalms/94.htm#11">Psalm 94:11</a><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> That is, Peter<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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