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Sectarianism Is Carnal
And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ.
And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ.
I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able;
I had to feed you with milk, not with solid food, because you weren’t ready for anything stronger. And you still aren’t ready,
for you are still controlled by your sinful nature. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn’t that prove you are controlled by your sinful nature? Aren’t you living like people of the world?
For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not carnal?
When one of you says, “I am a follower of Paul,” and another says, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you acting just like people of the world?
Watering, Working, Warning
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one?
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one?
After all, who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants through whom you believed the Good News. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us.
I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.
I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow.
So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow.
Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their own hard work.
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building.
For we are both God’s workers. And you are God’s field. You are God’s building.
According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it.
Because of God’s grace to me, I have laid the foundation like an expert builder. Now others are building on it. But whoever is building on this foundation must be very careful.
For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have — Jesus Christ.
Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
Anyone who builds on that foundation may use a variety of materials — gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay, or straw.
each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is.
But on the judgment day, fire will reveal what kind of work each builder has done. The fire will show if a person’s work has any value.
If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward.
If the work survives, that builder will receive a reward.
If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.
But if the work is burned up, the builder will suffer great loss. The builder will be saved, but like someone barely escaping through a wall of flames.
Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
Avoid Worldly Wisdom
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
Stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you are wise by this world’s standards, you need to become a fool to be truly wise.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness”;
and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”
Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours:
So don’t boast about following a particular human leader. For everything belongs to you —
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come — all are yours.