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1 Corinthians 3

New American Standard Bible 2020

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1And I, brothersG80 and sisters, couldG1410 not speakG2980 to you as 1spiritualG4152 peopleG4152, but only as 2fleshlyG4560, as to 3infantsG3516 in ChristG5547. 2I gaveG4222 you 4milkG1051 toG4222 drinkG4222, not solidG1033 foodG1033; for you 5were not yetG3768 ableG1410 to consume it. But evenG3761 nowG3568 you are not yetG2089 ableG1410, 3for you are stillG2089 fleshlyG4559. For sinceG3699 there is 6jealousyG2205 and strifeG2054 amongG1722 you, are you not fleshlyG4559, and are you not walkingG4043 7likeG2596 ordinary peopleG444? 4For whenG3752 8oneG5100 personG5100 saysG3004, “I amG1510 9with PaulG3972,” and anotherG2087, “I am 10with ApollosG625,” are you not ordinary 11peopleG444?

5WhatG5101 thenG3767 is ApollosG625? And whatG5101 is PaulG3972? 12ServantsG1249 throughG1223 whomG3739 you believedG4100, evenG2532 13as the LordG2962 gaveG1325 opportunity to eachG1538 oneG1538. 614I plantedG5452, 15ApollosG625 wateredG4222, but 16GodG2316 was causingG837 theG837 growthG837. 7SoG5620 thenG5620 neitherG3777 the one who plantsG5452 norG3777 the one who watersG4222 is anythingG5100, but GodG2316 who causesG837 theG837 growthG837. 8NowG1161 the one who plantsG5452 and the one who watersG4222 are oneG1520; but eachG1538 will 17receiveG2983 his ownG2398 18rewardG3408 accordingG2596 to his ownG2398 laborG2873. 9For we are God’sG2316 19fellowG4904 workersG4904; you are God’sG2316 2021fieldG1091, God’sG2316 22buildingG3619.

10AccordingG2596 to 23the graceG5485 of GodG2316 which was givenG1325 to me, likeG5613 a wiseG4680 masterG753 builderG753 24I laidG5087 a foundationG2310, and 25anotherG243 is buildingG2026 onG2026 it. But eachG1538 personG1538 must be carefulG991 howG4459 he buildsG2026 onG2026 it. 11For noG3762 oneG3762 canG1410 layG5087 a 26foundationG2310 otherG243 thanG3844 the one which is laidG2749, whichG3739 is JesusG2424 ChristG5547. 12NowG1161 ifG1487 anyoneG5100 buildsG2026 on the foundationG2310 with goldG5553, silverG694, preciousG5093 stonesG3037, woodG3586, hayG5528, or strawG2562, 1327eachG1538 one’sG1538 workG2041 will becomeG1096 evidentG5318; for 28the dayG2250 will showG1213 it becauseG3754 it is to be revealedG601 with fireG4442, and the fireG4442 itselfG846 will testG1381 29the qualityG3697 of eachG1538 one’sG1538 workG2041. 14IfG1487 anyone’sG5100 workG2041 whichG3739 he has builtG2026 onG2026 it remainsG3306, he will 30receiveG2983 a rewardG3408. 15IfG1487 anyone’sG5100 workG2041 is burnedG2618 upG2618, he will sufferG2210 lossG2210; but he himselfG846 will be savedG4982, yetG1161 only 31soG3779 as throughG1223 fireG4442.

1632Do you not knowG3609 that 33you are a 34templeG3485 of GodG2316 and that the SpiritG4151 of GodG2316 dwellsG3611 in you? 17IfG1487 anyoneG5100 destroysG5351 the 35templeG3485 of GodG2316, GodG2316 will destroyG5351 36thatG3778 personG3778; for the 37templeG3485 of GodG2316 is holyG40, 38and that is whatG3748 you are.

1839Take care that noG3367 oneG3367 deceivesG1818 himselfG1438. 40IfG1487 anyoneG5100 amongG1722 you thinksG1380 that he is wiseG4680 in 41thisG3778 ageG165, he must becomeG1096 foolishG3474, soG2443 thatG2443 he may becomeG1096 wiseG4680. 19For 42the wisdomG4678 of thisG3778 worldG2889 is foolishnessG3472 inG3844 theG3844 sightG3844 ofG3844 GodG2316. For it is writtenG1125: “He is 43the one who catchesG1405 the wiseG4680 by their craftinessG3834”; 20and againG3825, “44The LordG2962 knowsG1097 the thoughtsG1261 of the wiseG4680, that they are uselessG3152.” 21SoG5620 thenG5620, 45noG3367 oneG3367 is to be boastingG2744 in peopleG444. For 46allG3956 thingsG3956 belongG1510 to you, 2247whetherG1535 PaulG3972 orG1535 ApollosG625 orG1535 48CephasG2786, orG1535 the worldG2889 orG1535 49lifeG2222 orG1535 deathG2288, orG1535 thingsG1764 presentG1764 orG1535 thingsG3195 toG3195 comeG3195; allG3956 thingsG3956 belong to you, 23and 50you belong to ChristG5547, and 51ChristG5547 belongs to GodG2316.

Notes

  1. 1. 1 Corinthians 3:1 1 Cor 2:15; 14:37; Gal 6:1 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Corinthians 3:1 Rom 7:14; 1 Cor 2:14 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Corinthians 3:1 1 Cor 2:6; Eph 4:14; Heb 5:13 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Corinthians 3:2 Heb 5:12f; 1 Pet 2:2 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Corinthians 3:2 John 16:12 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Corinthians 3:3 Rom 13:13; 1 Cor 1:10f; 11:18 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Corinthians 3:3 1 Cor 3:4 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Corinthians 3:4 1 Cor 1:12 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Corinthians 3:4 Lit of ↩
  10. 10. 1 Corinthians 3:4 Lit of ↩
  11. 11. 1 Corinthians 3:4 1 Cor 3:3 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Corinthians 3:5 Rom 15:16; 2 Cor 3:3, 6; 4:1; 5:18; 6:4; Eph 3:7; Col 1:25; 1 Tim 1:12 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Corinthians 3:5 Rom 12:6; 1 Cor 3:10 ↩
  14. 14. 1 Corinthians 3:6 1 Cor 4:15; 9:1; 15:1; 2 Cor 10:14f ↩
  15. 15. 1 Corinthians 3:6 Acts 18:24-27; 1 Cor 1:12 ↩
  16. 16. 1 Corinthians 3:6 1 Cor 15:10 ↩
  17. 17. 1 Corinthians 3:8 1 Cor 3:14; 4:5; 9:17; Gal 6:4 ↩
  18. 18. 1 Corinthians 3:8 Or wages ↩
  19. 19. 1 Corinthians 3:9 Mark 16:20; 2 Cor 6:1 ↩
  20. 20. 1 Corinthians 3:9 Or cultivated land ↩
  21. 21. 1 Corinthians 3:9 Is 61:3; Matt 15:13 ↩
  22. 22. 1 Corinthians 3:9 1 Cor 3:16; Eph 2:20-22; Col 2:7; 1 Pet 2:5 ↩
  23. 23. 1 Corinthians 3:10 Rom 12:3; 1 Cor 15:10 ↩
  24. 24. 1 Corinthians 3:10 Rom 15:20; 1 Cor 3:11f ↩
  25. 25. 1 Corinthians 3:10 1 Thess 3:2 ↩
  26. 26. 1 Corinthians 3:11 Is 28:16; Eph 2:20; 1 Pet 2:4ff ↩
  27. 27. 1 Corinthians 3:13 1 Cor 4:5 ↩
  28. 28. 1 Corinthians 3:13 Matt 10:15; 1 Cor 1:8; 2 Thess 1:7-10; 2 Tim 1:12, 18; 4:8 ↩
  29. 29. 1 Corinthians 3:13 Lit of what sort each man’s work is ↩
  30. 30. 1 Corinthians 3:14 1 Cor 3:8; 4:5; 9:17; Gal 6:4 ↩
  31. 31. 1 Corinthians 3:15 Job 23:10; Ps 66:10, 12; Jude 23 ↩
  32. 32. 1 Corinthians 3:16 Rom 6:16 ↩
  33. 33. 1 Corinthians 3:16 Rom 8:9; 1 Cor 6:19; 2 Cor 6:16; Eph 2:21f ↩
  34. 34. 1 Corinthians 3:16 Or sanctuary ↩
  35. 35. 1 Corinthians 3:17 Or sanctuary ↩
  36. 36. 1 Corinthians 3:17 Lit this ↩
  37. 37. 1 Corinthians 3:17 Or sanctuary ↩
  38. 38. 1 Corinthians 3:17 Lit who you are ↩
  39. 39. 1 Corinthians 3:18 Is 5:21 ↩
  40. 40. 1 Corinthians 3:18 1 Cor 8:2; Gal 6:3 ↩
  41. 41. 1 Corinthians 3:18 1 Cor 1:20 ↩
  42. 42. 1 Corinthians 3:19 1 Cor 1:20 ↩
  43. 43. 1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13 ↩
  44. 44. 1 Corinthians 3:20 Ps 94:11 ↩
  45. 45. 1 Corinthians 3:21 1 Cor 4:6 ↩
  46. 46. 1 Corinthians 3:21 Rom 8:32 ↩
  47. 47. 1 Corinthians 3:22 1 Cor 1:12; 3:5, 6 ↩
  48. 48. 1 Corinthians 3:22 Peter’s Aramaic name ↩
  49. 49. 1 Corinthians 3:22 Rom 8:38 ↩
  50. 50. 1 Corinthians 3:23 1 Cor 15:23; 2 Cor 10:7; Gal 3:29 ↩
  51. 51. 1 Corinthians 3:23 1 Cor 11:3; 15:28 ↩

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 3

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