3:1 Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly--mere infants in Christ.
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 1 , Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly--mere infants in Christ.
3:2 I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready.
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 2 , I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready.
3:3 You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men?
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 3 , You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men?
3:4 For when one says, 'I follow Paul,' and another, 'I follow Apollos,' are you not mere men?
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 4 , For when one says, 'I follow Paul,' and another, 'I follow Apollos,' are you not mere men?
3:5 What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe--as the Lord has assigned to each his task.
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 5 , What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe--as the Lord has assigned to each his task.
3:6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 6 , I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
3:7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 7 , So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
3:8 The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 8 , The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
3:9 For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 9 , For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
3:10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds.
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 10 , By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds.
3:11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 11 , For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
3:12 If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw,
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 12 , If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw,
3:13 his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work.
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 13 , his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work.
3:14 If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward.
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 14 , If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward.
3:15 If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 15 , If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.
3:16 Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 16 , Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?
3:17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 17 , If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.
3:18 Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a 'fool' so that he may become wise.
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 18 , Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a 'fool' so that he may become wise.
3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: 'He catches the wise in their craftiness';
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 19 , For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: 'He catches the wise in their craftiness';
3:20 and again, 'The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.'
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 20 , and again, 'The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.'
3:21 So then, no more boasting about men! All things are yours,
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 21 , So then, no more boasting about men! All things are yours,
3:22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future--all are yours,
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 22 , whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future--all are yours,
3:23 and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.
The NIV Book of 1Corinthians , Chapter 3 , Verse 23 , and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.
