Brothers , I vvv could not address you as spiritual , but as worldly — as infants in Christ.
vvv I gave you milk , not solid food , for vvv you were not yet ready (for solid food). In fact , vvv vvv vvv you are still not ready ,
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 ?
For when one (of you) says , - “ I (follow) Paul , ” and another , “ I (follow) Apollos , ” are you not mere men ?
What then is Apollos ? And what is Paul ? (They are) servants through whom you believed , - as the Lord has assigned to each ( his role ).
I planted (the seed) (and) Apollos watered (it) , but - God made ( it ) grow.
So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything , but (only) God , who makes (things) grow.
- He who plants and he who waters are one ( in purpose ) , and each will be rewarded ... ... ... according to (his) own labor.
For we are God’s fellow workers ; you are God’s field , God’s building.
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.
For no one can lay a foundation other than the (one) already laid , which is Jesus Christ.
- If anyone builds on (this) foundation (using) gold , silver , precious stones , wood , hay , (or) straw ,
- 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.
If - vvv vvv vvv what he has built survives , he will receive a reward.
If vvv vvv (it) is burned up , he will suffer loss. - He himself will be saved , - but only as if through (the) flames.
vvv Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple , and that - - God’s Spirit dwells in you ?
If anyone destroys - God’s - temple , - God will destroy him ; for - God’s - temple is holy , (and) you are (that temple).
{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.
For the wisdom of this - world is foolishness in God’s sight ... .... (As) it is written : “ He catches the wise in their - craftiness.”
And again , “ (The) Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
Therefore , stop boasting in men. - All things are yours ,
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 ,