1And I , brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual , but as unto carnal , as unto babes in Christ . 2I fed you with milk , not with meat ; for ye were not yet able to bear it : nay , not even now are ye able ; 3for ye are yet carnal : for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife , are ye not carnal , and do ye not walk after the manner of men ? 4For when one saith , I am of Paul ; and another , I am of Apollos; are ye not men ? 5What then is Apollos? and what is Paul ? Ministers through whom ye believed ; and each as the Lord gave to him . 6I planted , Apollos watered ; but God gave the increase. 7So then neither is he that planteth anything , neither he that watereth ; but God that giveth the increase. 8Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one : but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor . 9For we are God ’s fellow-workers: ye are God ’s husbandry , God ’s building .
The Role of Leaders
10According to the grace of God which was given unto me , as a wise masterbuilder I laid a foundation ; and another buildeth thereon . But let each man take heed how he buildeth thereon . 11For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid , which is Jesus Christ . 12But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold , silver, costly stones , wood , hay , stubble ; 13each man ’s work shall be made manifest : for the day shall declare it , because it is revealed in fire ; and the fire itself shall prove each man ’s work of what sort it is . 14If any man ’s work shall abide which he built thereon , he shall receive a reward . 15If any man ’s work shall be burned , he shall suffer loss : but he himself shall be saved ; yet so as through fire .
The Church as God's Temple
16Know ye not that ye are a temple of God , and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ? 17If any man destroyeth the temple of God , him shall God destroy ; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye . 18Let no man deceive himself . If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool , that he may become wise . 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God . For it is written , He that taketh the wise in their craftiness : 20and again , The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise , that they are vain . 21Wherefore let no one glory in men . For all things are yours ; 22whether Paul , or Apollos, or Cephas , or the world , or life , or death , or things present , or things to come ; all are yours ; 23and ye are Christ ’s; and Christ is God ’s.