1 A nd I, brethren, have not been able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly; as to babes in Christ.

However, brethren, I could not talk to you as to spiritual, but as to nonspiritual, as to mere infants in Christ '> unable to talk yet!]

2 I have given you milk to drink, not meat, for ye have not yet been able, nor indeed are ye yet able;

I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not yet strong enough; but even yet you are not strong enough,

3 f or ye are yet carnal. For whereas among you emulation and strife, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man?

For you are still of the flesh. For as long as envying and jealousy and wrangling and factions among you, are you not unspiritual and of the flesh, behaving yourselves after a human standard and like mere (unchanged) men?

4 F or when one says, I am of Paul, and another, I of Apollos, are ye not men?

For when one says, I belong to Paul, and another, I belong to Apollos, are you not ordinary (unchanged) men?

5 W ho then is Apollos, and who Paul? Ministering servants, through whom ye have believed, and as the Lord has given to each.

What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Ministering servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord appointed to each his task:

6 I have planted; Apollos watered; but God has given the increase.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was making it grow and gave the increase.

7 S o that neither the planter is anything, nor the waterer; but God the giver of the increase.

So neither he who plants is anything nor he who waters, but God Who makes it grow and become greater.

8 B ut the planter and the waterer are one; but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

He who plants and he who waters are equal (one in aim, of the same importance and esteem), yet each shall receive his own reward (wages), according to his own labor.

9 F or we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's husbandry, God's building.

For we are fellow workmen (joint promoters, laborers together) with and for God; you are God’s garden and vineyard and field under cultivation, God’s building.

10 A ccording to the grace of God which has been given to me, as a wise architect, I have laid the foundation, but another builds upon it. But let each see how he builds upon it.

According to the grace (the special endowment for my task) of God bestowed on me, like a skillful architect and master builder I laid foundation, and now another is building upon it. But let each be careful how he builds upon it,

11 F or other foundation can no man lay besides that which laid, which is Jesus Christ.

For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

12 N ow if any one build upon foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, straw,

But if anyone builds upon the Foundation, whether it be with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,

13 t he work of each shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire shall try the work of each what it is.

The work of each will become known (shown for what it is); for the day will disclose and declare it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test and critically appraise the character and worth of the work each person has done.

14 I f the work of any one which he has built upon shall abide, he shall receive a reward.

If the work which any person has built on this Foundation survives, he will get his reward.

15 I f the work of any one shall be consumed, he shall suffer loss, but he shall be saved, but so as through fire.

But if any person’s work is burned up, he will suffer the loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

16 D o ye not know that ye are temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwells in you?

Do you not discern and understand that you are God’s temple (His sanctuary), and that God’s Spirit has His permanent dwelling in you '> collectively as a church and also individually]?

17 I f any one corrupt the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

If anyone does hurt to God’s temple or corrupts it '> with false doctrines] or destroys it, God will do hurt to him and bring him to the corruption of death and destroy him. For the temple of God is holy (sacred to Him) and that you '> the believing church and its individual believers] are.

18 L et no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise.

Let no person deceive himself. If anyone among you supposes that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

19 F or the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness.

For this world’s wisdom is foolishness (absurdity and stupidity) with God, for it is written, He lays hold of the wise in their craftiness;

20 A nd again, Lord knows the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.

And again, The Lord knows the thoughts and reasonings of the wise and recognizes how futile they are.

21 S o that let no one boast in men; for all things are yours.

So let no one exult proudly concerning men, for all things are yours,

22 W hether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or world, or life, or death, or things present, or things coming, all are yours;

Whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas (Peter), or the universe or life or death, or the immediate and threatening present or the future—all are yours,

23 a nd ye Christ's, and Christ God's.

And you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.