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1 Corinthians 3

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1 Corinthians 3 . 1

1 Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.C1 Corinthians 02:1-03:1 · 1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:1

1 Corinthians 3 . 2

2 I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:2

1 Corinthians 3 . 3

3 for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:3

1 Corinthians 3 . 4

4 For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:4

1 Corinthians 3 . 5

5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:5

1 Corinthians 3 . 6

6 I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:6

1 Corinthians 3 . 7

7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:7

1 Corinthians 3 . 8

8 He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:8

1 Corinthians 3 . 9

9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:9

1 Corinthians 3 . 10

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 must be careful how he builds.C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:10

1 Corinthians 3 . 11

11 For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.IPIsaiah 28:16C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:11

1 Corinthians 3 . 12

12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:12

1 Corinthians 3 . 13

13 his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:13

1 Corinthians 3 . 14

14 If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:14

1 Corinthians 3 . 15

15 If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:15

1 Corinthians 3 . 16

16 Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:16TTCamp of Israel (Sacred Geography) · Cherubim (Glorified Humanity) · Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) · Feast of Tabernacles (Dwelling with God) · Glory-Cloud (Divine Presence) · Holy Places (Access to God's Presence) · Solomon (The King of Peace and Wisdom) · Temple Ecclesiology (Church as God's Dwelling) · Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding)

1 Corinthians 3 . 17

17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:17

1 Corinthians 3 . 18

18 Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:18

1 Corinthians 3 . 19

19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”IPJob 5:13C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:19TTEden as Temple (Original Sanctuary)

1 Corinthians 3 . 20

20 And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”IPPsalm 94:11C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:20TTEden as Temple (Original Sanctuary)

1 Corinthians 3 . 21

21 Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:21

1 Corinthians 3 . 22

22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:22

1 Corinthians 3 . 23

23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.C1 Corinthians 03:1-23TOSK1 Corinthians 3:23

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Intertextuality Pairs

Quotations 1 Corinthians 3:19 → Job 5:13, 1 Corinthians 3:20 → Psalm 94:11

Echoes 1 Corinthians 3:11 → Isaiah 28:16

Trajectories

Camp of Israel (Sacred Geography), Cherubim (Glorified Humanity), Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary), Feast of Tabernacles (Dwelling with God), Glory-Cloud (Divine Presence), Holy Places (Access to God's Presence), Solomon (The King of Peace and Wisdom), Temple Ecclesiology (Church as God's Dwelling), Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding)

Chiasms

Shaped 1 Corinthians 02:1–03:1, 1 Corinthians 03:1–23