[1] And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to
give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the
flesh, even to children in Christ. [2] I gave you milk and not meat,
because you were, then, unable to take it, and even now you are not able;
[3] Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division
among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as
natural men? [4] For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of
Apollos; are you not talking like natural men? [5] What then is Apollos?
and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God
gave it to them. [6] I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God
gave the increase. [7] So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is
nothing; but God who gives the increase. [8] Now the planter and the
waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate
rewards in the measure of their work. [9] For we are workers with God: you
are God's planting, God's building. [10] In the measure of the grace given
to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and
another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on
it. [11] For there is no other base for the building but that which has
been put down, which is Jesus Christ. [12] But on the base a man may put
gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems; [13] Every
man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by
fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.
[14] If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward. [15]
If the fire puts an end to any man's work, it will be his loss: but he will
get salvation himself, though as by fire. [16] Do you not see that you are
God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you? [17] If
anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the
house of God is holy, and you are his house. [18] Let no man have a false
idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become
foolish, so that he may be wise. [19] For the wisdom of this world is
foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the
wise in their secret designs: [20] And again, The Lord has knowledge of the
reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing. [21] So let no one take
pride in men. For all things are yours; [22] Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas,
or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all
are yours; [23] And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.