1 A sí que yo, hermanos, no pude hablarles como a espirituales, sino como a carnales, como a niños en Cristo.

Christian brothers, I could not speak to you as to full-grown Christians. I spoke to you as men who have not obeyed the things you have been taught. I spoke to you as if you were baby Christians.

2 L es di a beber leche, no alimento sólido, porque todavía no podían recibirlo. En verdad, ni aun ahora pueden,

My teaching was as if I were giving you milk to drink. I could not give you meat because you were not ready for it. Even yet you are not able to have anything but milk.

3 p orque todavía son carnales. Pues habiendo celos y discusiones entre ustedes, ¿no son carnales y andan como hombres del mundo ?

You still live as men who are not Christians. When you are jealous and fight with each other, you are still living in sin and acting like sinful men in the world.

4 P orque cuando uno dice: “Yo soy de Pablo,” y otro: “Yo soy de Apolos,” ¿no son como hombres del mundo ?

When one says, “I am a follower of Paul,” and another says, “I am a follower of Apollos,” does not this sound like the talk of baby Christians?

5 ¿ Qué es, pues, Apolos? ¿Y qué es Pablo? Servidores mediante los cuales ustedes han creído, según el Señor dio oportunidad a cada uno.

Who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only servants owned by God. He gave us gifts to preach His Word. And because of that, you put your trust in Christ.

6 Y o planté, Apolos regó, pero Dios ha dado el crecimiento.

I planted the seed. Apollos watered it, but it was God Who kept it growing.

7 A sí que ni el que planta ni el que riega es algo, sino Dios, que da el crecimiento.

This shows that the one who plants or the one who waters is not the important one. God is the important One. He makes it grow.

8 A hora bien, el que planta y el que riega son una misma cosa, pero cada uno recibirá su propia recompensa (su propio salario) conforme a su propio trabajo.

The one who plants and the one who waters are alike. Each one will receive his own reward.

9 P orque nosotros somos colaboradores en la labor de Dios, y ustedes son el campo de cultivo de Dios, el edificio de Dios. Jesucristo, Unico Cimiento

For we work together with God. You are God’s field. You are God’s building also.

10 C onforme a la gracia de Dios que me fue dada, yo, como sabio arquitecto, puse el fundamento, y otro edifica sobre él. Pero cada uno tenga cuidado cómo edifica encima.

Through God’s loving-favor to me, I laid the stones on which the building was to be built. I did it like one who knew what he was doing. Now another person is building on it. Each person who builds must be careful how he builds on it.

11 P ues nadie puede poner otro fundamento que el que ya está puesto, el cual es Jesucristo.

Jesus Christ is the Stone on which other stones for the building must be laid. It can be only Christ.

12 A hora bien, si sobre este fundamento alguien edifica con oro, plata, piedras preciosas, madera, heno, paja,

Now if a man builds on the Stone with gold or silver or beautiful stones, or if he builds with wood or grass or straw,

13 l a obra de cada uno se hará evidente; porque el día la dará a conocer, pues con fuego será revelada. El fuego mismo probará la calidad de la obra de cada uno.

each man’s work will become known. There will be a day when it will be tested by fire. The fire will show what kind of work it is.

14 S i permanece la obra de alguien que ha edificado sobre el fundamento, recibirá recompensa.

If a man builds on work that lasts, he will receive his reward.

15 S i la obra de alguien es consumida por el fuego, sufrirá pérdida; sin embargo, él será salvo, aunque así como a través del fuego. Ustedes son Templo de Dios

If his work is burned up, he will lose it. Yet he himself will be saved as if he were going through a fire.

16 ¿ No saben que ustedes son templo de Dios y que el Espíritu de Dios habita en ustedes ?

Do you not know that you are a house of God and that the Holy Spirit lives in you?

17 S i alguno destruye el templo de Dios, Dios lo destruirá a él, porque el templo de Dios es santo, y eso es lo que ustedes son. Ustedes son de Cristo

If any man destroys the house of God, God will destroy him. God’s house is holy. You are the place where He lives.

18 N adie se engañe a sí mismo. Si alguien de ustedes se cree sabio según este mundo, hágase necio a fin de llegar a ser sabio.

Do not fool yourself. If anyone thinks he knows a lot about the things of this world, he had better become a fool. Then he may become wise.

19 P orque la sabiduría de este mundo es necedad ante Dios. Pues escrito está: “El es el que prende a los sabios en su propia astucia.”

The wisdom of this world is foolish to God. The Holy Writings say, “He is the One Who gets them in a trap when they use their own wisdom.”

20 Y también: “ El Señor conoce los razonamientos de los sabios, los cuales son inutiles.”

They also say, “The Lord knows how the wise man thinks. His thinking is worth nothing.”

21 A sí que nadie se jacte (se gloríe) en los hombres, porque todo es de ustedes:

As a Christian, do not be proud of men and of what they can do. All things belong to you.

22 y a sea Pablo, o Apolos, o Cefas (Pedro), o el mundo, o la vida, o la muerte, o lo presente, o lo por venir, todo es suyo,

Paul and Apollos and Peter belong to you. The world and life and death belong to you. Things now and things to come belong to you.

23 y ustedes de Cristo, y Cristo de Dios.

You belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.