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Darby Bible Translation

Divisions in the Church

But I, brothers,a could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

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Paul and Apollos God's Fellow Workers

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 fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready,

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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 you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?

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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 follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not being merely human?

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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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What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each.

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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 planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

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*I* have planted; Apollos watered; but God has given the increase.

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So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

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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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He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor.

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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 workers. You are God’s field, God’s building.

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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 given to me, like a skilledb master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it.

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Christ the Only Foundation

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 no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

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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 anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw —

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Now if any one build upon [this] foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, straw,

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each one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.

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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 that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward.

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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 anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

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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 you not know that youc are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

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You are God's Temple

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 anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

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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 anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.

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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 folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,”

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Worldly Wisdom is Foolishness to God

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 thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”

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And again, [The] Lord knows the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.

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So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,

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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 the present or the future — all 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;