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Factors contributing to unity and disunity (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/1#h=5:0-13:0"><strong>1:10–2:16</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Following humans results in divisions (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/1#h=5:0-6:0">1:10-17</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Recognizing Christ, the power and wisdom of God (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/1#h=6:0-8:0">1:18-25</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Boasting only in Jehovah, not in humans (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/1#h=8:0-9:0">1:26-31</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Preaching like Paul, not with extravagant speech or wisdom (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/2#h=9:0-10:0">2:1-5</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Recognizing the superiority of God’s wisdom (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/2#h=10:0-11:0">2:6-10</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Receiving the spirit that is from God; being a spiritual man (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/2#h=11:0-13:0">2:11-16</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>2. Cooperating with God to make the congregation grow and be united (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3#h=13:0-18:0"><strong>3:1-23</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Fleshly thinking leads to strife and jealousy (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3#h=13:0-14:0">3:1-4</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Humans are ministers, but God makes it grow (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3#h=14:0-15:0">3:5-9</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Building with fire-resistant materials (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3#h=15:0-16:0">3:10-15</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">“You yourselves are God’s temple” (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3#h=16:0-17:0">3:16, 17</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Worldly wisdom is foolishness with God (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3#h=17:0-18:0">3:18-23</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>3. Further admonitions that contribute to unity (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/4#h=18:0-23:0"><strong>4:1-21</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Jehovah’s judgment is what matters (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/4#h=18:0-19:0">4:1-5</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Humble Christians do not think that they are better than their fellow believers (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/4#h=19:0-21:0">4:6-13</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Paul admonishes his spiritual children not to be puffed up with pride (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/4#h=21:0-23:0">4:14-21</a>)</p></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div> </li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-1" data-section-citation="046003001046003001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:1</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/58" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-59"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 2:15; Col 1:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-59" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-59" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/59" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-60"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 14:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-60" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-60" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/41/0">w74 109-110;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/41/2"> w74 209;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/41/4"> w71 662;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/41/6"> w61 719</a></p> <p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-2" data-section-citation="046003002046003002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:2</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p4" data-pid="4" class="s5"><strong>milk, not solid food:</strong> Milk helps the young to grow and develop. Similarly, new Christians grow and develop spiritually as they draw strength from basic Bible doctrine. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/1/0" data-bid="2-1" class="b">Heb 5:12–6:2</a>) These basic truths are essential to salvation. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/2/0" data-bid="3-1" class="b">1Pe 2:2</a>) But Paul wants the Corinthian Christians to “press on to maturity,” as he later urges the Hebrew Christians in Jerusalem to do. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/3/0" data-bid="4-1" class="b">Heb 6:1</a>) He thus stresses the importance of taking in <strong>solid food,</strong> or deeper spiritual truths.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/60" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-61"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Heb 5:12-14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-61" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-61" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p112" data-pid="112" class="se"></p> <p id="p113" data-pid="113" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/111/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 402-403</a></p> <div id="p114" data-pid="114"><p data-pid="114" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/112/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="114" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/112/0">1/1/1996, p. 29</a></p> </div><div id="p115" data-pid="115"><p data-pid="115" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/113/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="115" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/113/0">11/8/1988, pp. 18-19</a></p> </div><p id="p116" data-pid="116" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/35/0">it-2 402-403;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/35/2"> w96 1/1 29;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/35/4"> g88 11/8 18-19;</a></p> <p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="sx"></p> <p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/42/0">w74 109;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/42/2"> w71 662;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/42/6"> w61 719;</a><span class="ni"> w47 163</span></p> <p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-3" data-section-citation="046003003046003003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:3</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/61" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-62"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 8:7, 8; Ga 5:17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-62" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-62" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/62" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-63"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Co 12:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-63" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-63" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/63" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-64"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ga 5:19, 20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-64" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-64" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p116" data-pid="116" class="se"></p> <p id="p117" data-pid="117" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/114/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 1260</a></p> <div id="p118" data-pid="118"><p data-pid="118" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/115/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="118" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/115/0">3/1/1991, pp. 21-22</a></p> </div><p id="p119" data-pid="119" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/36/0">it-1 1260;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/36/2"> w91 3/1 21-22;</a></p> <p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="sx"></p> <p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/43/0">w74 109-110;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/43/3"> w66 151;</a><span class="ni"> w47 163</span></p> <p id="p46" data-pid="46" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-4" data-section-citation="046003004046003004"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:4</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p6" data-pid="6" class="s5"><strong>Apollos:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/0/0">study note on 1Co 1:12</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/64" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-65"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 18:24, 25; 1Co 1:11, 12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-65" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-65" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p46" data-pid="46" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/44/0">w74 109-110;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/44/2"> w66 651;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/44/3"> w64 270;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/44/4"> w62 118,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/44/5"> 534;</a><span class="ni"> w47 163;</span><span class="ni"> w31 291</span></p> <p id="p47" data-pid="47" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-5" data-section-citation="046003005046003005"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:5</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p8" data-pid="8" class="s5"><strong>Ministers:</strong> Or “Servants.” The Bible often uses the Greek word <em>di·aʹko·nos</em> to refer to one who does not let up in humbly rendering service in behalf of others. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/1/0">study note on Mt 20:26</a>.) At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/6/0" data-bid="7-1" class="b">Ro 15:8</a>, the term is used to describe Jesus. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/2/0">study note</a>.) In this verse (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/7/0" data-bid="8-1" class="b">1Co 3:5</a>), Paul describes himself and Apollos as ministers, or servants, who helped the Corinthians to become believers. Their ministry, like the ministry of all baptized Christians, involved filling the spiritual needs of other humans.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/8/0" data-bid="9-1" class="b">Lu 4:16-21</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/65" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-66"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Co 3:5, 6; Col 1:23; 1Ti 1:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-66" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-66" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p47" data-pid="47" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/45/0">w78 5/1 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/45/2"> w78 6/1 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/45/4"> w77 277;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/45/6"> w75 722;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/45/8"> w66 651;</a><span class="ni"> g64 1/22 8;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/45/10"> w62 118,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/45/11"> 534;</a><span class="ni"> w44 326;</span><span class="ni"> w31 291</span></p> <p id="p48" data-pid="48" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-6" data-section-citation="046003006046003006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:6</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p10" data-pid="10" class="s5"><strong>I planted, Apollos watered:</strong> Paul uses the work of a farmer to illustrate the Christian ministry. Paul planted the seed of the Kingdom message in the “field” in Corinth when he brought the good news to the people there. Apollos watered and nourished that seed by coming afterward to teach the Corinthians further. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/10/0" data-bid="11-1" class="b">Ac 18:24;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/10/1" data-bid="11-2" class="b"> 19:1</a>) However, God by his spirit brought about the spiritual growth of new disciples. The point of Paul’s illustration was that spiritual growth is not dependent on any individual human. All are ministers, cooperating together as “God’s fellow workers.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/11/0" data-bid="12-1" class="b">1Co 3:9</a>) God blesses the unselfish, unified efforts of his servants, and he is the one responsible for the growth.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/66" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-67"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 18:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-67" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-67" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/67" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-68"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 18:26-28; 19:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-68" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-68" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p119" data-pid="119" class="se"></p> <div id="p120" data-pid="120"><p data-pid="120" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/116/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="120" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/116/0">7/2021, p. 3</a></p> </div><p id="p121" data-pid="121" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/117/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 125-126</a></p> <p id="p122" data-pid="122" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/118/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 1173</a></p> <div id="p123" data-pid="123"><p data-pid="123" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/119/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="123" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/119/0">7/15/1999, p. 12</a></p><p data-pid="123" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/120/0">10/1/1996, p. 22</a></p><p data-pid="123" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/121/0">3/1/1993, pp. 20-23</a></p> </div><p id="p124" data-pid="124" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/122/0"><em>1991 Yearbook,</em> pp. 3-4</a></p> <div id="p125" data-pid="125"><p data-pid="125" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/123/0"><em>Kingdom Ministry,</em></a></p><p data-pid="125" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/123/0">8/1991, pp. 3-4</a></p> </div><p id="p126" data-pid="126" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/37/0">w21.07 3;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/37/2"> it-1 126;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/37/4"> it-2 1173;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/37/6"> w99 7/15 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/37/8"> w96 10/1 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/37/10"> w93 3/1 20-23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/37/12"> yb91 3-4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/37/14"> km 8/91 3-4;</a></p> <p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="sx"></p> <p id="p48" data-pid="48" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/46/0">w84 8/15 21-22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/46/2"> w83 12/15 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/46/4"> w77 84;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/46/6"> w77 277;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/46/8"> w73 273;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/46/10"> w66 651;</a><span class="ni"> g65 12/8 28;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/46/12"> w62 81;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/46/13"> w61 374;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/46/14"> w60 71</a></p> <p id="p49" data-pid="49" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-7" data-section-citation="046003007046003007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:7</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/68" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-69"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 127:1; Ro 9:16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-69" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-69" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p126" data-pid="126" class="se"></p> <p id="p127" data-pid="127" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/124/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 1173</a></p> <div id="p128" data-pid="128"><p data-pid="128" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/125/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="128" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/125/0">7/15/2008, pp. 12,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/126/0"> 16</a></p><p data-pid="128" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/127/0">3/1/1993, pp. 20-23</a></p> </div><p id="p129" data-pid="129" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/38/0">it-2 1173;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/38/2"> w08 7/15 12,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/38/4"> 16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/38/6"> w93 3/1 20-23;</a></p> <p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="sx"></p> <p id="p49" data-pid="49" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/47/0">w84 8/15 21-22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/47/2"> w78 6/1 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/47/4"> w77 84;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/47/6"> w77 277;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/47/8"> w66 651;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/47/9"> w64 520;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/47/10"> w62 760;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/47/11"> w60 71;</a><span class="ni"> w36 312</span></p> <p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-8" data-section-citation="046003008046003008"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:8</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p12" data-pid="12" class="s5"><strong>are one:</strong> Or “have one purpose.” Paul here describes the unity among Christian ministers as they work with one another and with God. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/13/0" data-bid="14-1" class="b">1Co 3:9</a>) The Greek word here rendered “one” is in the neuter gender (denoting “one thing”), not in the masculine gender (denoting “one person”). So Paul is referring to being “one” in the sense of being united in action and cooperation.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/3/0">study notes on Joh 10:30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/4/0"> 17:11,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/5/0"> 21</a>, where the Greek word for “one” is used in a similar way.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/69" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-70"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 2:6; 1Co 4:5; Re 22:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-70" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-70" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p129" data-pid="129" class="se"></p> <div id="p130" data-pid="130"><p data-pid="130" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/128/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="130" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/128/0">5/2018, p. 15</a></p> </div><p id="p131" data-pid="131" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/129/0"><em>God’s Kingdom Rules!,</em> p. 92</a></p> <div id="p132" data-pid="132"><p data-pid="132" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/130/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="132" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/130/0">7/15/2008, p. 14</a></p> </div><p id="p133" data-pid="133" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/131/0"><em>Trinity,</em> p. 24</a></p> <p id="p134" data-pid="134" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/39/0">w18.05 15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/39/2"> kr 92;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/39/4"> w08 7/15 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/39/6"> ti 24;</a></p> <p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="sx"></p> <p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/48/0">w77 84;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/48/2"> w66 651;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/48/3"> w65 480;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/48/4"> w61 206;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/48/5"> w57 255;</a><span class="ni"> w48 74</span></p> <p id="p51" data-pid="51" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-9" data-section-citation="046003009046003009"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:9</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="s5"><strong>God’s fellow workers:</strong> The Greek word for “fellow worker,” <em>sy·ner·gosʹ,</em> appears more than ten times in the Christian Greek Scriptures, most often in Paul’s letters. The expression is used regarding those who shared together in spreading the good news. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/15/0" data-bid="16-1" class="b">Ro 16:9,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/15/1" data-bid="16-2" class="b"> 21;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/15/2" data-bid="16-3" class="b"> 2Co 1:24;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/15/3" data-bid="16-4" class="b"> 8:23;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/15/4" data-bid="16-5" class="b"> Php 2:25;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/15/5" data-bid="16-6" class="b"> 4:3;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/15/6" data-bid="16-7" class="b"> Col 4:11;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/15/7" data-bid="16-8" class="b"> Phm 1,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/15/8" data-bid="16-9" class="b"> 24</a>) Here Paul calls attention to the great privilege that Christian ministers have of being “God’s fellow workers.” (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/6/0">study note on 1Co 3:6</a>.) Paul expresses a similar thought at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/16/0" data-bid="17-1" class="b">2Co 6:1</a>, where he speaks about “working together with him,” that is, with God.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/17/0" data-bid="18-1" class="b">2Co 5:20</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/7/0">study note on Ro 16:3</a>.</p> <p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="s5"><strong>You are God’s field under cultivation:</strong> God, not Paul, was the true and rightful Owner of the field of growing Christians. Unless God imparted his blessing and spirit, all the work that Paul or Apollos did would be without results. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/8/0">study note on 1Co 3:6</a>.) The term rendered “field under cultivation” (Greek, <em>ge·orʹgi·on</em>) appears only here in the Christian Greek Scriptures. Although Corinth’s economy was mainly based on trade, the area was renowned for its fertility. In addition to this illustration based on agriculture, Paul introduces another illustration in this verse, that of construction. (See study note on <strong>God’s building</strong> in this verse.) Paul appeals to different members of the congregation, since construction and agriculture were two common activities in the ancient world.</p> <p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="s5"><strong>God’s building:</strong> Here Paul likens the Christian congregation to a building. In the next verse, he compares himself to a builder, working together with God in a spiritual construction work to produce Christian disciples who have durable qualities. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/18/0" data-bid="19-1" class="b">1Co 3:10-15</a>) At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/19/0" data-bid="20-1" class="b">1Co 3:16</a> (see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/9/0">study note</a>), Paul calls the congregation “God’s temple.” At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/20/0" data-bid="21-1" class="b">Eph 2:21, 22</a>, the congregation is called “a holy temple” that God inhabits “by spirit.” This means that God uses his holy spirit, or invisible active force, to motivate those in the congregation, to sustain them, and to help them cultivate its fruitage. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/21/0" data-bid="22-1" class="b">Ga 5:22, 23</a>) The apostle Peter uses a similar comparison, calling the disciples “living stones.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/22/0" data-bid="23-1" class="b">1Pe 2:5</a>) The apostles and prophets are likened to the foundation, and Jesus is “the foundation cornerstone.”—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/23/0" data-bid="24-1" class="b">Eph 2:20</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/70" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-71"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 9:37, 38</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-71" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-71" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/71" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-72"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 2:22; 1Pe 2:5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-72" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-72" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p134" data-pid="134" class="se"></p> <p id="p135" data-pid="135" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/132/0"><em>“My Follower,”</em> p. 132</a></p> <div id="p136" data-pid="136"><p data-pid="136" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/133/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="136" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/133/0">7/2021, p. 3</a></p> </div><p id="p137" data-pid="137" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/134/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 21</a></p> <div id="p138" data-pid="138"><p data-pid="138" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/135/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="138" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/135/0">8/2018, p. 23</a></p> </div><p id="p139" data-pid="139" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/136/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 373</a></p> <p id="p140" data-pid="140" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/137/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 1083</a></p> <div id="p141" data-pid="141"><p data-pid="141" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/138/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="141" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/138/0">11/15/2012, p. 17</a></p><p data-pid="141" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/139/0">7/15/1999, p. 12</a></p><p data-pid="141" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/140/0">11/1/1998, p. 8</a></p><p data-pid="141" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/141/0">3/1/1993, p. 21</a></p><p data-pid="141" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/142/0">3/15/1988, pp. 15-16</a></p> </div><p id="p142" data-pid="142" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/40/0">cf 132;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/40/2"> w21.07 3;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/40/4"> lff lesson 21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/40/6"> w18.08 23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/40/8"> it-1 373;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/40/10"> it-2 1083;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/40/12"> w12 11/15 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/40/14"> w99 7/15 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/40/16"> w98 11/1 8;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/40/18"> w93 3/1 21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/40/20"> w88 3/15 15;</a></p> <p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="sx"></p> <p id="p51" data-pid="51" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/49/0">km 4/83 2;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/49/2"> w81 8/1 18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/49/4"> w77 84;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/49/6"> w75 708;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/49/8"> w72 719;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/49/10"> w66 263,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/49/11"> 651-652,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/49/12"> 658;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/49/13"> w64 56;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/49/14"> w62 181,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/49/15"> 336;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/49/16"> w61 8,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/49/17"> 206,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/49/18"> 330;</a><span class="ni"> yb61 11;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/49/20"> w59 79;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/49/21"> w52 425;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/49/22"> w50 483</a></p> <p id="p52" data-pid="52" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-10" data-section-citation="046003010046003010"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:10</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="s5"><strong>a skilled master builder:</strong> Or “a wise director of works.” Generally speaking, “a . . . master builder” (Greek, <em>ar·khi·teʹkton,</em> which could literally be rendered “a chief craftsman”) was in charge of the construction and worked at the building site. He recruited the craftsmen and had oversight of their work. In this verse, Paul likens himself to a builder, working together with God in a spiritual construction work to produce Christian disciples who have durable qualities. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/25/0" data-bid="26-1" class="b">1Co 3:9-16</a>) In the Christian Greek Scriptures, this term is used only here; the related Greek term <em>teʹkton</em> is rendered “carpenter” and is used of Jesus and his adoptive father, Joseph.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/10/0">study notes on Mt 13:55;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/11/0"> Mr 6:3</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/72" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-73"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 15:20; Heb 6:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-73" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-73" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p142" data-pid="142" class="se"></p> <div id="p143" data-pid="143"><p data-pid="143" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/143/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="143" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/143/0">7/15/1999, p. 13</a></p><p data-pid="143" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/144/0">11/1/1998, pp. 8-10,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/145/0"> 14-15</a></p> </div><p id="p144" data-pid="144" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/41/0">w99 7/15 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/41/2"> w98 11/1 8-10,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/41/5"> 14-15;</a></p> <p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="sx"></p> <p id="p52" data-pid="52" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/50/0">w84 8/1 8-10;</a><span class="ni"> or 123;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/50/5"> w66 652,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/50/6"> 654;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/50/7"> w64 54;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/50/8"> w61 8,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/50/9"> 337;</a><span class="ni"> yb61 10;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/50/11"> w52 425;</a><span class="ni"> w36 153</span></p> <p id="p53" data-pid="53" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-11" data-section-citation="046003011046003011"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:11</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/73" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-74"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 118:22; Isa 28:16; Mt 21:42; Eph 2:20; 1Pe 2:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-74" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-74" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p144" data-pid="144" class="se"></p> <div id="p145" data-pid="145"><p data-pid="145" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/146/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="145" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/146/0">7/15/1999, pp. 13-14</a></p><p data-pid="145" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/147/0">11/1/1998, pp. 9-10</a></p><p data-pid="145" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/148/0">7/1/1991, pp. 24-25</a></p> </div><p id="p146" data-pid="146" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/42/0">w99 7/15 13-14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/42/2"> w98 11/1 9-10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/42/5"> w91 7/1 24-25;</a></p> <p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="sx"></p> <p id="p53" data-pid="53" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/51/0">w84 8/1 8-10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/51/2"> w66 652,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/51/3"> 654;</a><span class="ni"> g65 12/8 28;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/51/5"> w63 216,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/51/6"> 454;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/51/7"> w61 8;</a><span class="ni"> yb61 10;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/51/9"> w53 72</a></p> <p id="p54" data-pid="54" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-12" data-section-citation="046003012046003012"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:12</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="s5"><strong>gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw:</strong> Paul encouraged the Corinthian Christians who followed up on his work to teach the new disciples well, helping them build Christian qualities in themselves. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/27/0" data-bid="28-1" class="b">1Co 3:6</a>) To illustrate this point, Paul contrasted fine, durable, and fire-resistant building materials with disposable, temporary, and flammable materials. A wealthy but diverse city like Corinth no doubt abounded in buildings of both types. There were imposing temples made of massive, expensive blocks of stone and perhaps decorated with gold and silver. These durable buildings were probably located not far from huts and market stalls made of rough wooden frames and thatched with straw. In the figurative building work, the gold, silver, and precious stones represent such qualities as strong faith, godly wisdom, spiritual discernment, loyalty, and loving appreciation for Jehovah and his laws. These kinds of qualities are essential if a Christian is to have a strong relationship with Jehovah God, a bond that will endure tests of faith.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p146" data-pid="146" class="se"></p> <div id="p147" data-pid="147"><p data-pid="147" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/149/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="147" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/149/0">7/15/1999, pp. 12-13</a></p><p data-pid="147" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/150/0">11/1/1998, pp. 10-13</a></p><p data-pid="147" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/151/0">7/1/1991, p. 26</a></p> </div><p id="p148" data-pid="148" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/152/0"><em>Family Happiness,</em> p. 55</a></p> <p id="p149" data-pid="149" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/43/0">w99 7/15 12-13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/43/2"> w98 11/1 10-13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/43/6"> fy 55;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/43/8"> w91 7/1 26;</a></p> <p id="p46" data-pid="46" class="sx"></p> <p id="p54" data-pid="54" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/52/0">w84 8/1 8-17;</a><span class="ni"> or 123;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/52/5"> w69 140;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/52/6"> w67 31,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/52/7"> 671;</a><span class="ni"> yl 95;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/52/9"> w66 658;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/52/10"> w64 54;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/52/11"> w63 454;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/52/12"> w62 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/52/13"> w55 474;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/52/14"> w53 72;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/52/15"> w52 425;</a><span class="ni"> w36 153</span></p> <p id="p55" data-pid="55" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-13" data-section-citation="046003013046003013"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:13</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-10"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p112" data-pid="112">Or “will be clearly seen.” Lit., “will be made (become) manifest.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/74" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-75"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Pe 4:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-75" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-75" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p149" data-pid="149" class="se"></p> <div id="p150" data-pid="150"><p data-pid="150" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/153/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="150" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/153/0">7/15/1999, pp. 12-13</a></p><p data-pid="150" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/154/0">12/15/1998, p. 30</a></p><p data-pid="150" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/155/0">11/1/1998, pp. 10-11</a></p><p data-pid="150" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/156/0">7/1/1991, p. 27</a></p> </div><p id="p151" data-pid="151" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p46" data-pid="46" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/44/0">w99 7/15 12-13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/44/2"> w98 11/1 10-11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/44/6"> w98 12/15 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/44/8"> w91 7/1 27;</a></p> <p id="p47" data-pid="47" class="sx"></p> <p id="p55" data-pid="55" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/53/0">w84 8/1 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/53/2"> w69 140;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/53/3"> w67 671;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/53/4"> w66 658;</a><span class="ni"> g66 1/22 28;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/53/6"> w63 454;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/53/7"> w62 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/53/8"> w55 474;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/53/9"> w53 72;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/53/10"> w52 425;</a><span class="ni"> w36 153-154;</span><span class="ni"> g36 11/4 91</span></p> <p id="p56" data-pid="56" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-14" data-section-citation="046003014046003014"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:14</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p151" data-pid="151" class="se"></p> <div id="p152" data-pid="152"><p data-pid="152" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/157/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="152" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/157/0">11/1/1998, pp. 11-12</a></p><p data-pid="152" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/158/0">7/1/1991, p. 27</a></p> </div><p id="p153" data-pid="153" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p47" data-pid="47" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/45/0">w98 11/1 11-12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/45/3"> w91 7/1 27;</a></p> <p id="p48" data-pid="48" class="sx"></p> <p id="p56" data-pid="56" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/54/0">w84 8/1 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/54/2"> w66 662;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/54/3"> w63 454;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/54/4"> w55 474;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/54/5"> w53 72</a></p> <p id="p57" data-pid="57" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-15" data-section-citation="046003015046003015"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:15</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="s5"><strong>it will be as through fire:</strong> A Christian minister must use fire-resistant materials to build, or to help his student develop, Christian qualities that will survive tests of faith. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/29/0" data-bid="30-1" class="b">1Co 3:10-14</a>) If a Christian teacher fails to do his work as instructed, he may find that his figurative building work is “burned up” if it is put to a fiery test. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/30/0" data-bid="31-1" class="b">Mt 28:19, 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/30/1" data-bid="31-2" class="b"> Ro 2:21, 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/30/2" data-bid="31-3" class="b"> 1Ti 4:16;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/30/3" data-bid="31-4" class="b"> 2Ti 2:15;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/30/4" data-bid="31-5" class="b"> 4:2</a>) Also, the teacher himself may suffer like a man who lost everything in a fire and was himself just barely rescued. Paul employs the term “fire” in a figurative sense, as did other ancient Greek authors who used the expression “through fire” as a metaphor to say that someone barely escaped a trial or a difficult situation.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p153" data-pid="153" class="se"></p> <div id="p154" data-pid="154"><p data-pid="154" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/159/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="154" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/159/0">11/1/1998, pp. 11-13</a></p> </div><p id="p155" data-pid="155" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/160/0"><em>Reasoning,</em> p. 299</a></p> <p id="p156" data-pid="156" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p48" data-pid="48" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/46/0">w98 11/1 11-13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/46/4"> rs 299;</a></p> <p id="p49" data-pid="49" class="sx"></p> <p id="p57" data-pid="57" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/55/0">w84 8/1 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/55/2"> w66 662,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/55/3"> 680;</a><span class="ni"> g66 1/22 28;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/55/5"> w63 454;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/55/6"> w62 184;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/55/7"> w55 474;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/55/8"> w53 72;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/55/9"> w52 427;</a><span class="ni"> w36 153-154,</span><span class="ni"> 326;</span><span class="ni"> g36 11/4 91</span></p> <p id="p58" data-pid="58" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-16" data-section-citation="046003016046003016"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:16</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="s5"><strong>you yourselves are God’s temple:</strong> This is one of several instances where the Bible likens people to a temple. Jesus used such a comparison about himself at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/32/0" data-bid="33-1" class="b">Joh 2:19</a>, and the Scriptures foretold that he would be “the chief cornerstone” of such a spiritual structure. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/33/0" data-bid="34-1" class="b">Ps 118:22;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/33/1" data-bid="34-2" class="b"> Isa 28:16, 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/33/2" data-bid="34-3" class="b"> Ac 4:10, 11</a>) The Greek verb used in the expression “you yourselves are” is in the second person plural, indicating that the entire congregation makes up “God’s temple” in which God’s spirit dwells. These anointed Christians serving as underpriests are “God’s building” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/34/0" data-bid="35-1" class="b">1Co 3:9</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/12/0">study note</a>), so <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/35/0" data-bid="36-1" class="b">verse 17</a> emphasizes the holiness of this spiritual temple and warns anyone who would attempt to defile it. At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/36/0" data-bid="37-1" class="b">Eph 2:20-22</a> and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/37/0" data-bid="38-1" class="b">1Pe 2:6, 7</a>, Paul and Peter use similar comparisons regarding Jesus and his followers.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/75" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-76"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Co 6:16; Eph 2:21, 22; 1Pe 2:5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-76" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-76" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/76" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-77"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 6:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-77" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-77" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p156" data-pid="156" class="se"></p> <p id="p157" data-pid="157" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/161/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 1083</a></p> <p id="p158" data-pid="158" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/162/0"><em>Revelation Climax,</em> p. 29</a></p> <p id="p159" data-pid="159" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p49" data-pid="49" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/47/0">it-2 1083;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/47/2"> re 29;</a></p> <p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="sx"></p> <p id="p58" data-pid="58" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/56/0">w74 491;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/56/2"> w72 719;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/56/4"> w67 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/56/5"> w65 749;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/56/6"> w64 402;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/56/7"> w63 203;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/56/8"> w61 140,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/56/9"> 145;</a><span class="ni"> sr55 110;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/56/11"> w51 539;</a><span class="ni"> w41 140;</span><span class="ni"> w31 378</span></p> <p id="p59" data-pid="59" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-17" data-section-citation="046003017046003017"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:17</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/77" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-78"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Pe 2:5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-78" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-78" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p159" data-pid="159" class="se"></p> <p id="p160" data-pid="160" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/163/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 616,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/164/0"> 1130-1131</a></p> <p id="p161" data-pid="161" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/165/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 1083</a></p> <p id="p162" data-pid="162" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/48/0">it-1 616,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/48/2"> 1130-1131;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/48/4"> it-2 1083;</a></p> <p id="p51" data-pid="51" class="sx"></p> <p id="p59" data-pid="59" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/57/0">w74 491;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/57/2"> w72 719;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/57/4"> ad 782;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/57/5"> w70 284;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/57/7"> w66 177;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/57/8"> w65 749;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/57/9"> w64 402;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/57/10"> w61 140,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/57/11"> 145;</a><span class="ni"> sr55 110;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/57/13"> w51 240,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/57/14"> 539;</a><span class="ni"> w42 88;</span><span class="ni"> w41 140;</span><span class="ni"> w36 155</span></p> <p id="p60" data-pid="60" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-18" data-section-citation="046003018046003018"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:18</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="s5"><strong>this system of things:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/13/0">study note on 1Co 1:20</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/78" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-79"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Col 2:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-79" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-79" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p162" data-pid="162" class="se"></p> <p id="p163" data-pid="163" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/166/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 1000</a></p> <p id="p164" data-pid="164" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/167/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 1193</a></p> <div id="p165" data-pid="165"><p data-pid="165" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/168/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="165" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/168/0">9/15/1992, p. 24</a></p> </div><p id="p166" data-pid="166" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p51" data-pid="51" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/49/0">it-1 1000;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/49/2"> it-2 1193;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/49/4"> w92 9/15 24;</a></p> <p id="p52" data-pid="52" class="sx"></p> <p id="p60" data-pid="60" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/58/0">w77 255</a></p> <p id="p61" data-pid="61" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-19" data-section-citation="046003019046003019"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:19</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="s5"><strong>for it is written:</strong> Paul here quotes Eliphaz the Temanite. When speaking to Job, Eliphaz misapplied the statement “he [that is, God] catches the wise in their own cunning.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/40/0" data-bid="41-1" class="b">Job 4:1;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/40/1" data-bid="41-2" class="b"> 5:13</a>) Paul was not endorsing everything that Eliphaz said, much of which was either untrue or misapplied. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/41/0" data-bid="42-1" class="b">Job 42:7</a>) However, Eliphaz’ statement at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/42/0" data-bid="43-1" class="b">Job 5:13</a> reflects a general observation, similar to thoughts expressed elsewhere in the Scriptures. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/43/0" data-bid="44-1" class="b">Ps 10:2</a>; compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/44/0" data-bid="45-1" class="b">Job 5:17</a> with <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/45/0" data-bid="46-1" class="b">Ps 94:12</a>.) Paul under inspiration quotes these words to show that man’s wisdom can in no way compare to God’s wisdom.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/79" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-80"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Job 5:13; 1Co 1:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-80" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-80" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p166" data-pid="166" class="se"></p> <p id="p167" data-pid="167" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/169/0"><em>Imitate Their Faith,</em> article 5</a></p> <div id="p168" data-pid="168"><p data-pid="168" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/170/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="168" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/170/0">5/2019, pp. 21-25</a></p> </div><p id="p169" data-pid="169" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/171/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 1191-1192</a></p> <p id="p170" data-pid="170" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p52" data-pid="52" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/50/0">ijwia article 5;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/50/2"> w19.05 21-25;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/50/4"> it-2 1191-1192;</a></p> <p id="p53" data-pid="53" class="sx"></p> <p id="p61" data-pid="61" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/59/0">w83 2/1 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/59/2"> w79 8/1 19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/59/4"> w66 486;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/59/5"> w64 46;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/59/6"> w63 210;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/59/7"> w62 76;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/59/8"> w61 544;</a><span class="ni"> w30 120,</span><span class="ni"> 299</span></p> <p id="p62" data-pid="62" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-20" data-section-citation="046003020046003020"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:20</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="s5"><strong>Jehovah:</strong> In this quote from <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/47/0" data-bid="48-1" class="b">Ps 94:11</a>, the divine name, represented by four Hebrew consonants (transliterated <em>YHWH</em>), occurs in the original Hebrew text.—See <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/0">App. C1</a> and <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/1">C2</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/80" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-81"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 94:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-81" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-81" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p170" data-pid="170" class="se"></p> <p id="p171" data-pid="171" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204436/172/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 1000</a></p> <p id="p172" data-pid="172" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p53" data-pid="53" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270046/51/0">it-1 1000</a></p> <p id="p54" data-pid="54" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-21" data-section-citation="046003021046003021"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:21</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p62" data-pid="62" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/60/0">w75 727;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/60/2"> w71 351;</a><span class="ni"> g64 12/8 6;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/60/6"> w60 292;</a><span class="ni"> w35 254</span></p> <p id="p63" data-pid="63" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-22" data-section-citation="046003022046003022"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:22</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="s5"><strong>Cephas:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070736/14/0">study note on 1Co 1:12</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/81" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-82"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 1:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-82" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-82" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p63" data-pid="63" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/61/0">km 1/78 3;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/61/2"> w75 727;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/61/4"> w71 351-352</a></p> <p id="p64" data-pid="64" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="46-3-23" data-section-citation="046003023046003023"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Corinthians 3:23</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/82" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-83"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 17:9; 2Co 10:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-83" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-83" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p64" data-pid="64" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/62/0">w75 174;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/62/2"> w71 351-352;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/62/6"> w63 539;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020046/62/7"> w61 552</a></p> <p id="p65" data-pid="65" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div> </div> <div id="studyParallel" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section"> <h3 class="title">Parallel Translations</h3> <div class="helpText">Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.</div> <div class="parallel"> <div class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div> <div class="extract"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="studyMarginals" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section marginalsQuotation"><h3 class="title"><span class="sectionIcon"></span><span class="scalableui">Quotation</span></h3><div class="content categorizedMarginal"><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/79/3" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-80-3"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Cor. 3:19</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Job 5:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-80-3" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-80-3" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/80/3" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-81-3"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Cor. 3:20</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 94:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-81-3" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-81-3" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="section marginalsGeneral"><h3 class="title"><span class="sectionIcon"></span><span class="scalableui">General</span></h3><div class="content categorizedMarginal"><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/58/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-59-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Cor. 3:1</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 2:15; Col 1:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-59-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-59-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/59/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-60-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Cor. 3:1</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 14:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-60-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-60-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/60/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-61-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Cor. 3:2</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Heb 5:12-14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-61-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-61-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/61/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-62-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Cor. 3:3</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 8:7, 8; Ga 5:17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-62-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-62-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/62/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-63-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Cor. 3:3</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Co 12:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-63-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-63-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/63/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-64-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Cor. 3:3</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ga 5:19, 20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-64-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-64-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/64/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-65-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Cor. 3:4</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 18:24, 25; 1Co 1:11, 12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-65-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-65-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/65/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-66-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Cor. 3:5</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Co 3:5, 6; Col 1:23; 1Ti 1:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-66-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-66-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/66/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-67-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Cor. 3:6</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 18:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-67-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-67-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/67/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-68-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Cor. 3:6</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 18:26-28; 19:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-68-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-68-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/68/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-69-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Cor. 3:7</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 127:1; Ro 9:16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-69-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-69-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/69/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-70-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Cor. 3:8</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 2:6; 1Co 4:5; Re 22:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-70-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-70-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/70/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-71-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Cor. 3:9</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 9:37, 38</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-71-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-71-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/71/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-72-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Cor. 3:9</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 2:22; 1Pe 2:5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-72-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-72-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/72/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-73-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Cor. 3:10</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 15:20; Heb 6:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-73-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-73-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/73/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-74-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Cor. 3:11</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 118:22; Isa 28:16; Mt 21:42; Eph 2:20; 1Pe 2:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-74-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-74-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/74/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-75-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Cor. 3:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Pe 4:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-75-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-75-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/46/3/75/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-76-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Cor. 3:16</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Co 6:16; Eph 2:21, 22; 1Pe 2:5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-76-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-76-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" 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spiritual men,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/58" data-bid="59-1" class="b">+</a> but as to fleshly men, as to infants<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/59" data-bid="60-1" class="b">+</a> in Christ. </span><span id="v46-3-2-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28504" class="vl vx vp study">2 </a>I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet strong enough. In fact, neither are you strong enough now,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/60" data-bid="61-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v46-3-3-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28505" class="vl vx vp">3 </a>for you are still fleshly.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/61" data-bid="62-1" class="b">+</a> Since there are jealousy and strife among you,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/62" data-bid="63-1" class="b">+</a> are you not fleshly<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/63" data-bid="64-1" class="b">+</a> and are you not walking as men do? </span><span id="v46-3-4-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28506" class="vl vx vp study">4 </a>For when one says, “I belong to Paul,” but another says, “I to A·polʹlos,”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/64" data-bid="65-1" class="b">+</a> are you not acting like mere men?</span></p> <p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="sb"><span id="v46-3-5-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28507" class="vl vx vp study">5 </a>What, then, is A·polʹlos? Yes, what is Paul? Ministers<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/65" data-bid="66-1" class="b">+</a> through whom you became believers, just as the Lord granted each one. </span><span id="v46-3-6-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28508" class="vl vx vp study">6 </a>I planted,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/66" data-bid="67-1" class="b">+</a> A·polʹlos watered,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/67" data-bid="68-1" class="b">+</a> but God kept making it grow, </span><span id="v46-3-7-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28509" class="vl vx vp">7 </a>so that neither is the one who plants anything nor is the one who waters, but God who makes it grow.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/68" data-bid="69-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v46-3-8-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28510" class="vl vx vp study">8 </a>Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one, but each person will receive his own reward according to his own work.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/69" data-bid="70-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v46-3-9-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28511" class="vl vx vp study">9 </a>For we are God’s fellow workers.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/70" data-bid="71-1" class="b">+</a> You are God’s field under cultivation, God’s building.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/71" data-bid="72-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="sb"><span id="v46-3-10-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28512" class="vl vx vp study">10 </a>According to the undeserved kindness of God that was given to me, I laid a foundation<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/72" data-bid="73-1" class="b">+</a> as a skilled master builder, but someone else is building on it. But let each one keep watching how he is building on it. </span><span id="v46-3-11-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28513" class="vl vx vp">11 </a>For no one can lay any other foundation than what is laid, which is Jesus Christ.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/73" data-bid="74-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v46-3-12-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28514" class="vl vx vp study">12 </a>Now if anyone builds on the foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, </span><span id="v46-3-13-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28515" class="vl vx vp">13 </a>each one’s work will be shown for what it is,<a id="footnotesource10" data-fnid="10" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070150/9">*</a> for the day will show it up, because it will be revealed by means of fire,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/74" data-bid="75-1" class="b">+</a> and the fire itself will prove what sort of work each one has built. </span><span id="v46-3-14-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28516" class="vl vx vp">14 </a>If anyone’s work that he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward; </span><span id="v46-3-15-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28517" class="vl vx vp study">15 </a>if anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved; yet, if so, it will be as through fire.</span></p> <p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="sb"><span id="v46-3-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28518" class="vl vx vp study">16 </a>Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/75" data-bid="76-1" class="b">+</a> and that the spirit of God dwells in you?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/76" data-bid="77-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v46-3-17-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28519" class="vl vx vp">17 </a>If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for the temple of God is holy, and you are that temple.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/77" data-bid="78-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="sb"><span id="v46-3-18-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28520" class="vl vx vp study">18 </a>Let no one deceive himself: If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this system of things, let him become a fool, so that he may become wise.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/78" data-bid="79-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v46-3-19-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28521" class="vl vx vp study">19 </a>For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is written: “He catches the wise in their own cunning.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/79" data-bid="80-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v46-3-20-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28522" class="vl vx vp study">20 </a>And again: “Jehovah knows that the reasonings of the wise men are futile.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/80" data-bid="81-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v46-3-21-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28523" class="vl vx vp">21 </a>So let no one boast in men; for all things belong to you, </span><span id="v46-3-22-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28524" class="vl vx vp study">22 </a>whether Paul or A·polʹlos or Ceʹphas<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/81" data-bid="82-1" class="b">+</a> or the world or life or death or things now here or things to come, all things belong to you; </span><span id="v46-3-23-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070150/28525" class="vl vx vp">23 </a>in turn you belong to Christ;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070150/82" data-bid="83-1" class="b">+</a> Christ, in turn, belongs to God.</span></p>  <div class="pswp" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="pswp__bg"></div> <div class="pswp__scroll-wrap">  <div class="pswp__container"> <div 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