1   And I, brethren, ^note could not speak to you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ. 2   I fed you ^note with milk, not with meat;

for ye were not yet able to bear it: nor are ye now able. 3   For ye are still carnal: for while there is among you emulation, ^note and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man? 4   For while one saith, I am of Paul, 5   and another, I am of Apollos, ^note are ye not carnal?

Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers ^note by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6   I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7   So then, neither is he that planteth any thing, nor he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. ^note 8   But he that planteth and he that watereth are one; ^note and every one shall receive his own reward, according to his own labour. 9   For we are fellow-labourers ^note of God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. 10   According to the grace of God given to me, ^note as a wise master-builder I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon; but let every one take heed how he buildeth thereon. 11   For other foundation ^note can no man lay, than what is laid, which is Jesus Christ:

And if any one build on this foundation, gold, silver, costly stones; ^note 12    wood, hay, stubble, Every one's work shall be made manifest; 13   for the day shall declare it: for it is revealed by fire; yea the fire shall try every one's work, of what sort it is. ^note 14   If any one's work which he hath built thereon shall remain, he shall receive a reward. ^note 15   If any one's work shall be burnt, he shall suffer loss, ^note but himself shall be saved, yet so as through the fire. 16   Know ye not, that ye ^note are the temple of God, ^note and the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17   If any man destroy the temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. 18   Let none deceive himself: if any one among you thinketh himself to be wise, let him become a fool in this world, ^note that he may become wise. 19   For ^note the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; as it is written, ^note He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. 20   And again, ^note The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. ^note 21   Therefore ^note

let none glory in men; for all things are yours: 22   Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas; ^note or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, 23   all are yours, And ye are Christ's, ^note and Christ is17Q0324 God's.

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