1 WYC And Y, britheren, myyte not speke to you as to spiritual men, but as to fleischli men; BSB BSB: Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
2 WYC as to litle children in Crist, Y yaf to you mylk drynke, not mete; for ye myyten not yit, nether ye moun now, for yit ye ben fleischli. BSB BSB: I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
3 WYC For while strijf is among you, whether ye ben not fleischli, and ye gon aftir man? BSB BSB: 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?
4 WYC For whanne summe seith, Y am of Poul, another, But Y am of Apollo, whethir ye ben not men? What therfor is Apollo, and what Poul? BSB BSB: For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
5 WYC Thei ben mynystris of hym, to whom ye han bileuyd; and to ech man as God hath youun. BSB BSB: What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
6 WYC Y plauntide, Apollo moystide, but God yaf encreessyng. BSB BSB: I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
7 WYC Therfor nether he that plauntith is ony thing, nethir he that moistith, but God that yiueth encreessyng. BSB BSB: So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
8 WYC And he that plauntith, and he that moistith, ben oon; and ech schal take his owne mede, aftir his trauel. BSB BSB: He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
9 WYC For we ben the helperis of God; ye ben the erthetiliyng of God, ye ben the bildyng of God. BSB BSB: For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
10 WYC Aftir the grace `of God that is youun to me, as a wise maistir carpenter Y settide the foundement; and another bildith aboue. But ech man se, hou he bildith aboue. BSB BSB: 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.
11 WYC For no man may sette another foundement, outtakun that that is sett, which is Crist Jhesus. BSB BSB: For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 WYC For if ony bildith ouer this foundement, gold, siluer, preciouse stoonys, stickis, hey, or stobil, euery mannus werk schal be open; BSB BSB: If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
13 WYC for the dai of the Lord schal declare, for it schal be schewid in fier; the fier schal preue the werk of ech man, what maner werk it is. BSB BSB: 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.
14 WYC If the werk of ony man dwelle stille, which he bildide aboue, he schal resseyue mede. BSB BSB: If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.
15 WYC If ony mannus werk brenne, he schal suffre harm; but he schal be saaf, so netheles as bi fier. BSB BSB: If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.
16 WYC Witen ye not, that ye ben the temple of God, and the spirit of God dwellith in you? BSB BSB: Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
17 WYC And if ony defoulith the temple of God, God schal leese hym; for the temple of God is hooli, which ye ben. BSB BSB: If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
18 WYC No man disseyue hym silf. If ony man among you is seyn to be wiys in this world, be he maad a fool, that he be wijs. BSB BSB: 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.
19 WYC For the wisdom of this world is foli anentis God; for it is writun, Y schal catche wise men in her fel wisdom; BSB BSB: For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
20 WYC and eft, The Lord knowith the thouytis of wise men, for tho ben veyn. BSB BSB: And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
21 WYC Therfor no man haue glorie in men. BSB BSB: Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
22 WYC For alle thingis ben youre, ethir Poul, ether Apollo, ether Cefas, ether the world, ether lijf, ether deth, ether thingis present, ethir thingis to comynge; for alle thingis ben youre, BSB BSB: 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,
23 WYC and ye ben of Crist, and Crist is of God. BSB BSB: and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
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