The Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| The First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians |
| | | III |
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| [1] | AND I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ. |
| [2] | I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it: nay, not even now are ye able; |
| [3] | for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men? |
| [4] | For when one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not men? |
| [5] | What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him. |
| [6] | I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. |
| [7] | So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. |
| [8] | Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. |
| [9] | For we are God’s fellowworkers: ye are God’s husbandry, 1 God’s building. |
| [10] | According to the grace of God which was given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder I laid a foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But let each man take heed how he buildeth thereon. |
| [11] | For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. |
| [12] | But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble; |
| [13] | each man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and 2 the fire itself shall prove each man’s work of what sort it is. |
| [14] | If any man’s work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward. |
| [15] | If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire. |
| [16] | Know ye not that ye are a temple 3 of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? |
| [17] | If any man destroyeth the temple 4 of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple 5 of God is holy, and 6 such are ye. |
| [18] | Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, 7 let him become a fool, that he may become wise. |
| [19] | For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness: |
| [20] | and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain. |
| [21] | Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours; |
| [22] | whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; |
| [23] | and ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s. |
| | | Note 1. Gr. tilled land. [back] |
| Note 2. Or, and each man’s work, of what sort it is, the fire shall prove it [back] |
| Note 3. Or, sanctuary, [back] |
| Note 4. Or, sanctuary, [back] |
| Note 5. Or, sanctuary, [back] |
| Note 6. Or, which temple ye are. [back] |
| Note 7. Or, age. [back] |
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