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Foundations for Living
And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ.
And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ.
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,
I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able,
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 you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?
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?
For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not mere men?
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.
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one.
I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow.
I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.
It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow.
So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.
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.
Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
For we are both God’s workers. And you are God’s field. You are God’s building.
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
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.
According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have — Jesus Christ.
For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Anyone who builds on that foundation may use a variety of materials — gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay, or straw.
Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
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.
each man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work.
If the work survives, that builder will receive a reward.
If any man’s work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward.
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.
If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.
Do you not know that you are a 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.
If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.
Stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you are wise by this world’s standards, you need to become a fool to be truly wise.
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “He is THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS”;
and again, “THE LORD KNOWS THE REASONINGS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS.”
So don’t boast about following a particular human leader. For everything belongs to you —
So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you,
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you,