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Verse 1

And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ.

Verse 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;

Verse 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?

Verse 4

For when one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not men?

Verse 5

What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him.

Verse 6

I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

Verse 7

So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

Verse 8

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

Verse 9

For we are God's fellow-workers: ye are God's husbandry, God's building.

Verse 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.

Verse 11

For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Verse 12

But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble;

Verse 13

each man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man's work of what sort it is.

Verse 14

If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.

Verse 15

If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire.

Verse 16

Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Verse 17

If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

Verse 18

Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

Verse 19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:

Verse 20

and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.

Verse 21

Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;

Verse 22

whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

Verse 23

and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

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