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Spiritual Immaturity, Ministry, and God's Building

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

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Chapter 3
1 And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to fleshly people, as to infants in Christ. 2 I gave you milk to drink, not food, for you were not yet able. But not even now are you able. 3 For you are still fleshly. For where there is zeal and strife among you, are you not fleshly and walking according to man? 4 For whenever someone says, "I am indeed of Paul," or another, "I am of Apollos," are you not mere humans? 5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, to each as the Lord gave. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow. 7 So neither the one planting is anything nor the one watering, but God is the one who makes it grow. 8 The one planting and the one watering are one, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. 10 According to the grace of God given to me, as a wise architect I laid a foundation, but another builds upon it. But let each one see how he builds. 11 For no one is able to lay another foundation beside the one already there, who is Jesus Christ. 12 But if anyone builds upon the foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or stubble, 13 Each one's work will become manifest; for the day will make it clear, because it is revealed in fire, and the quality of each one's work the fire itself will test. 14 If anyone's work remains, which he built upon it, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. 16 Do you not know that you are a temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone corrupts the temple of God, God will corrupt him; for the temple of God is holy, which you are. 18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone seems to be wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, so that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He who seizes the wise in their craftiness." 20 And again: “The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.” 21 So let no one boast in humans, for all things are yours, 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come—all are yours, 23 But you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.