1 A nd I, brethren, was not 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 w ith milk I fed you, and not with meat, for ye were not yet able, but not even yet are ye now 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 yet ye are fleshly, for where among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not fleshly, and in the manner of men do walk?

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 may say, `I, indeed, am of Paul;' and another, `I -- of Apollos;' are ye not fleshly?

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 Paul, and who Apollos, but ministrants through whom ye did believe, and to each as the Lord gave?

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

6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth;

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

7 s o that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth -- God;

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

8 a nd he who is planting and he who is watering are one, and each his own reward shall receive, 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 of God we are fellow-workmen; God's tillage, God's building ye are.

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 that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, a foundation I have laid, and another doth build on,

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 no one is able to lay except that which is laid, which is Jesus the Christ;

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

12 a nd if any one doth build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw --

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

13 o f each the work shall become manifest, for the day shall declare, because in fire it is revealed, and the work of each, what kind it is, the fire shall prove;

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 of any one the work doth remain that he built on, a wage he shall receive;

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

15 i f of any the work is burned up, he shall suffer loss; and himself 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 h ave ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell 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 the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.

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 doth seem to be wise among you in this age -- let him become a fool, that he may become 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 hath been written, `Who is taking 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, `The Lord doth know 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 then, let no one glory 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 the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things about to be -- 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.