Pavao i Apolon, Kristovi sluge
1Draga braćo i sestre, dok sam bio s vama, nisam s vama mogao razgovarati kao s duhovnim, zrelim kršćanima, nego kao s tjelesnima koji pripadaju ovome svijetu, kao s nejačadi u Kristu. 2Morao sam vas hraniti mlijekom, a ne čvrstom hranom jer ju niste mogli podnositi. A ne možete ni sada 3jer vama još vlada tjelesna, grešna narav. Zavidite jedni drugima i prepirete se. Ne dokazuje li to da ste još tjelesni? 4Kad jedan od vas kaže: “Ja sam Pavlov sljedbenik”, a drugi: “Ja sam Apolonov”, ne ponašate li se kao ljudi koji ne pripadaju Gospodinu?
5A tko je Apolon i tko je Pavao da biste se zbog nas prepirali? Ta mi samo služimo Gospodinu kako nam je dao—da kroz nas povjerujete u njega. 6Ja sam u vaša srca posijao sjeme, Apolon ga je zalio, ali Bog je dao da poraste. 7Nije važan ni onaj tko sije ni onaj tko zalijeva, već Bog koji daje rasti. 8Tko sije i tko zalijeva, jedno su, ali svaki će primiti plaću prema vlastitom trudu. 9Jer mi smo samo Božji suradnici, a vi niste naša, već Božja njiva, Božja građevina.
10Po Božjoj sam milosti položio temelj kao mudar graditelj. Drugi nadoziđuju. Ali svatko mora paziti kako nadoziđuje! 11Jer nitko ne može postaviti neki drugi temelj osim onoga koji je već postavljen—a to je Isus Krist. 12Na njega se može nadozidati zlatom, srebrom, dragim kamenjem, drvom, sijenom ili slamom. 13Ali svačije će djelo izići na vidjelo na Dan suda kad bude iskušano ognjem. Tada će se pokazati kakvo je čije djelo. 14Graditelj čije djelo ostane, primit će nagradu. 15Ali kome djelo izgori, pretrpjet će veliku štetu. On sam spasit će se, ali kao kroz vatru.
16Ne shvaćate li da ste vi Božji hram i da Božji Duh prebiva u3:16 Ili: među vama. vama? 17Razara li tko Božji hram, njega će Bog razoriti. Jer Božji hram je svet—a to ste vi, kršćani.
18Nemojte se zavaravati! Drži li tko od vas sebe pametnim prema mjerilima ovoga svijeta, morat će postati ludim da bi bio mudar prema Božjim mjerilima. 19Jer mudrost ovoga svijeta pred Bogom je ludost. U Svetome pismu piše:
“On hvata mudre u zamku njihova vlastita lukavstva.”3:19 Job 5:13.
20I još:
“Gospodin poznaje umovanje mudrih;
ono je isprazno.”3:20 Psalam 94:11.
21Zato se nemojte ponositi time što slijedite nekog vođu. Sve je vaše: 22i Pavao i Apolon i Petar,3:22 U grčkome: Kefa. i cijeli svijet, i život i smrt, i sadašnjost i budućnost. Sve to pripada vama, 23vi pripadate Kristu, a Krist Bogu.
The Church and Its Leaders
1Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ. 2I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 3You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? 4For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings?
5What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. 9For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.
10By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. 11For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. 14If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. 15If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.
16Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? 17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.
18Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise. 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”3:19 Job 5:13; 20and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”3:20 Psalm 94:11 21So then, no more boasting about human leaders! All things are yours, 22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas3:22 That is, Peter or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, 23and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.
