| Chapter 3 |
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And *I*, brethren, have not been able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly; as to babes in Christ. |
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I have given you milk to drink, not meat, for ye have not yet been able, nor indeed are ye yet able; |
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for ye are yet carnal. For whereas there are among you emulation and strife, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man? |
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For when one says, *I* am of Paul, and another, *I* of Apollos, are ye not men? |
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Who then is Apollos, and who Paul? Ministering servants, through whom ye have believed, and as the Lord has given to each. |
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*I* have planted; Apollos watered; but God has given the increase. |
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So that neither the planter is anything, nor the waterer; but God the giver of the increase. |
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But the planter and the waterer are one; but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. |
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For we are God`s fellow-workmen; ye are God`s husbandry, God`s building. |
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According to the grace of God which has been given to me, as a wise architect, I have laid the foundation, but another builds upon it. But let each see how he builds upon it. |
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For other foundation can no man lay besides that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. |
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Now if any one build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, straw, |
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the work of each shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire shall try the work of each what it is. |
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If the work of any one which he has built upon the foundation shall abide, he shall receive a reward. |
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If the work of any one shall be consumed, he shall suffer loss, but *he* shall be saved, but so as through the fire. |
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Do ye not know that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? |
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If any one corrupt the temple of God, *him* shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are *ye*. |
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Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise. |
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For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness. |
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And again, The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise that they are vain. |
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So that let no one boast in men; for all things are yours. |
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Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things coming, all are yours; |
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and *ye* are Christ`s, and Christ is God`s. |