1 Corinthians 31 Corinthians3

Berean Standard BibleKing James Version

1. God’s Fellow Workers

   (Hebrews 5:11–14)

2. 1BSBBrothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.KJVKJV: And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
3. 2BSBI gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,KJVKJV: I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
4. 3BSBfor 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?KJVKJV: For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
5. 4BSBFor when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?KJVKJV: For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
6. 5BSBWhat then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.KJVKJV: Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
7. 6BSBI planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.KJVKJV: I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
8. 7BSBSo neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.KJVKJV: So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
9. 8BSBHe who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.KJVKJV: Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
10. 9BSBFor we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.KJVKJV: For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

11. Christ Our Foundation

    (Isaiah 28:14–22; Ephesians 2:19–22; 1 Peter 2:1–8)

12. 10BSBBy 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.KJVKJV: According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
13. 11BSBFor no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.KJVKJV: For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
14. 12BSBIf anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,KJVKJV: Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
15. 13BSBhis 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.KJVKJV: Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.
16. 14BSBIf what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.KJVKJV: If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
17. 15BSBIf it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.KJVKJV: If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

18. God’s Temple and God’s Wisdom

    (Romans 12:1–8; 1 Corinthians 6:18–20)

19. 16BSBDo you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?KJVKJV: Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
20. 17BSBIf anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.KJVKJV: If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
21. 18BSBLet 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.KJVKJV: Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
22. 19BSBFor the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”KJVKJV: For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
23. 20BSBAnd again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”KJVKJV: And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
24. 21BSBTherefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,KJVKJV: Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
25. 22BSBwhether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,KJVKJV: Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
26. 23BSBand you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.KJVKJV: And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.