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Foundations for Living

¹ And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to ^(C1)spiritual men, but as to ^(C2)men of flesh, as to ^(C3)infants in Christ.² I gave you ^(C1)milk to drink, not solid food; for you ^(C2)were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able,³ for you are still fleshly. For since there is ^(C1)jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking ^(F1)(C2)like mere men?⁴ For when ^(C1)one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not mere ^(C2)men?

⁵ What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? ^(C1)Servants through whom you believed, even ^(C2)as the Lord gave opportunity to each one.^6 (C1)I planted, ^(C2)Apollos watered, but ^(C3)God was causing the growth.⁷ So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.⁸ Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will ^(C1)receive his own ^(F1)reward according to his own labor.⁹ For we are God's ^(C1)fellow workers; you are God's ^(F1)(C2)field, God's ^(C3)building.

¹⁰ According to ^(C1)the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder ^(C2)I laid a foundation, and ^(C3)another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.¹¹ For no man can lay a ^(C1)foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.¹² Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, ^(F1)precious stones, wood, hay, straw,^13 (C1)each man's work will become evident; for ^(C2)the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test ^(F1)the quality of each man's work.¹⁴ If any man's work which he has built on it remains, he will ^(C1)receive a reward.¹⁵ If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet ^(C1)so as through fire.

^16 (C1)Do you not know that ^(C2)you are a ^(F1)temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?¹⁷ If any man destroys the ^(F1)temple of God, God will destroy him, for the ^(F1)temple of God is holy, and ^(F2)that is what you are.

^18 (C1)Let no man deceive himself. ^(C2)If any man among you thinks that he is wise in ^(C3)this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.¹⁹ For ^(C1)the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, "He is ^(C2)THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS";²⁰ and again, "^(C1)THE LORD KNOWS THE REASONINGS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS."²¹ So then ^(C1)let no one boast in men. For ^(C2)all things belong to you,^22 (C1)whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or ^(C2)life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you,²³ and ^(C1)you belong to Christ; and ^(C2)Christ belongs to God.