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 quarrelling 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 labour. 9For we are fellow 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 lives among you? 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.
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13:1 a 1Ko 2:15 b Bar 7:14; 1Ko 2:14 c Beb 5:13Nange abooluganda ssaasobola kwogera nammwe ng’ab’omwoyo, naye nayogera nammwe ng’ab’omubiri era ng’abaana abawere mu Kristo. 23:2 a Beb 5:12-14; 1Pe 2:2 b Yk 16:12Nabanywesa mata so si mmere enkalubo, kubanga mwali temunnagisobola. Naye era ne kaakano temunnagisobola, 33:3 1Ko 1:11; Bag 5:20kubanga mukyafugibwa mubiri. Naye obanga mukyalimu obuggya n’ennyombo, temufugibwa mubiri era temutambula ng’abalina empisa z’abantu obuntu? 43:4 1Ko 1:12Kubanga omuntu yenna bw’agamba nti, “Nze ndi wa Pawulo,” n’omulala nti, “Nze ndi wa Apolo,” olwo temuba ng’abantu obuntu?
5Kale Apolo ye ani? Ne Pawulo ye ani? Baweereza buweereza ababakkirizisa, nga Mukama bwe yawa buli omu. 63:6 Bik 18:4-11Nze nasiga, Apolo n’afukirira, kyokka Katonda ye yakuza. 7Kale bwe kityo oyo asiga n’oyo afukirira si be bakulu wabula Katonda akuza. 83:8 Zab 62:12Oyo asiga kaakano n’oyo afukirira bali bumu, era buli omu aliweebwa empeera ye okusinziira ku mulimu gw’aliba akoze. 93:9 a 2Ko 6:1 b Is 61:3 c Bef 2:20-22; 1Pe 2:5Kubanga ffe tuli bakozi abakolera awamu ne Katonda, ate mmwe muli nnimiro ya Katonda, muli nnyumba ya Katonda.
103:10 a Bar 12:3 b Bar 15:20Okusinziira ku kisa kya Katonda ekya mpeebwa, ng’omuzimbi ow’amagezi, nazimba omusingi, kaakano omulala aguzimbako. Naye buli aguzimbako yeegenderezenga bw’aguzimbako. 113:11 Is 28:16; Bef 2:20Kubanga tewali n’omu ayinza kuteekawo musingi mulala okuggyako ogwo ogwateekebwawo, ye Yesu Kristo. 12Naye Omuntu bw’aguzimbisaako ezaabu, effeeza, n’amayinja ag’omuwendo n’emiti, n’essubi, oba ebisasiro; 133:13 a 1Ko 4:5 b 2Bs 1:7-10omulimu gwa buli omu gulirabibwa, kubanga omuliro guligwolesa ku lunaku olwo, era omuliro ogwo gwe gulyoreka omulimu gwa buli omu nga bwe guli. 14Omuntu kye yazimba ku musingi ogwo bwe kirisigalawo, aliweebwa empeera. 153:15 Yud 23Naye omulimu gw’omuntu yenna bwe gulyokebwa omuliro, alifiirwa, kyokka ye yennyini alirokolebwa, naye ng’ayita mu muliro.
163:16 1Ko 6:19; 2Ko 6:16Temumanyi nti mmwe muli yeekaalu ya Katonda era nga Omwoyo wa Katonda abeera mu mmwe? 17Omuntu yenna azikiriza Yeekaalu ya Katonda, Katonda alizikiriza omuntu oyo; kubanga Yeekaalu ya Katonda ntukuvu, ye mmwe.
183:18 Is 5:21; 1Ko 8:2Omuntu yenna teyeerimbalimbanga; omuntu yenna bwe yeerowoozanga okuba omugezi mu mmwe mu mirembe gino afuukenga musirusiru alyoke abeere omugezi. 193:19 a 1Ko 1:20, 27 b Yob 5:13Kubanga amagezi ag’ensi eno, bwe busirusiru eri Katonda. Kubanga kyawandiikibwa nti, “Akwatira abagezi mu nkwe zaabwe.” 203:20 Zab 94:11Era kyawandiikibwa nti, “Mukama amanyi ng’ebirowoozo by’abagezi temuli nsa.” 213:21 a 1Ko 4:6 b Bar 8:32Noolwekyo waleme kubaawo muntu n’omu yeenyumiririza mu bantu, kubanga byonna byammwe, 223:22 a 1Ko 1:12 b Bar 8:38oba Pawulo oba Apolo oba Keefa oba nsi, oba bulamu, oba kufa, oba bintu ebya kaakano, oba ebijja, byonna byammwe, 233:23 1Ko 15:23; 2Ko 10:7; Bag 3:29nammwe muli ba Kristo, ne Kristo wa Katonda.
