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Foundations for Living

¹ And I, brothers and sisters, could not speak to you as ^(C1)spiritual people, but only as ^(C2)fleshly, 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 consume it. But 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 ^(C2)like ordinary people?⁴ For when ^(C1)one person says, "I am ^(F1)with Paul," and another, "I am ^(F1)with Apollos," are you not ordinary ^(C2)people?

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 the one who plants and the one 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 person must be careful how he builds on it.¹¹ For no one can lay a ^(C1)foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.¹² Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,^13 (C1)each one'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 one's work.¹⁴ If anyone's work which he has built on it remains, he will ^(C1)receive a reward.¹⁵ If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet only ^(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 anyone destroys the ^(F1)temple of God, God will destroy ^(F2)that person; for the ^(F1)temple of God is holy, ^(F3)and that is what you are.

^18 (C1)Take care that no one deceives himself. ^(C2)If anyone 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 in the sight of God. For it is written: "He is ^(C2)THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE BY THEIR CRAFTINESS";²⁰ and again, "^(C1)THE LORD KNOWS THE THOUGHTS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE useless."²¹ So then, ^(C1)no one is to be boasting in people. For ^(C2)all things belong to you,^22 (C1)whether Paul or Apollos or ^(F1)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.