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.
同是上帝的仆人
1弟兄姊妹，以前我对你们讲话的时候，还不能把你们看作属灵的人，只能把你们看作属肉体的人，是在基督里的婴孩。 2我只能用奶而不能用饭来喂养你们，因为你们当时不能消化，甚至现在也不能。 3你们仍是属肉体的人，因为你们中间有嫉妒、争斗。这岂不证明你们是属肉体的，行事为人和世人一样吗？ 4你们有的说：“我是跟随保罗的”，有的说：“我是跟随亚波罗的”，这岂不证明你们和世人一样吗？
5亚波罗算什么？保罗算什么？我们不过是上帝的仆人，各人照着主所赐的才干引导你们信靠上帝。 6我栽种，亚波罗浇灌，但使之生长的是上帝。 7所以栽种的和浇灌的都算不得什么，一切都在于使之生长的上帝。 8其实栽种的人和浇灌的人目标都一样，各人将按照自己的付出得报酬。 9因为我们是上帝的同工，你们是上帝的园地和建筑。
10我照着上帝赐给我的恩典，好像一位有智慧的建筑师打下了根基，然后让其他工人在上面建造。但每个人建造的时候要小心， 11因为除了那已经奠定的根基耶稣基督以外，没有人能另立根基。 12人们用金、银、宝石、草、木或禾秸在这根基上建造， 13每个人的工程将来都会显明出来，因为到了审判的日子，必用火试验各人工程的品质。 14人在这根基上所建造的工程若经得起考验，他必获得奖赏。 15人的工程若被烧毁了，他必遭受损失，自己虽然可以得救，却像火里逃生一样。
16岂不知你们就是上帝的殿，上帝的灵住在你们里面吗？ 17若有人摧毁上帝的殿，上帝必摧毁那人，因为上帝的殿是神圣的，你们就是这殿。
18你们不要自欺。如果你们有人自以为在世上有智慧，他应当变成愚人，好成为真正的智者。 19因为这世上的智慧在上帝的眼中都是愚昧的，正如圣经上说：“上帝使智者中了自己的诡计。”3:19 约伯记5:13。 20又说：“主知道智者的思想虚妄。”3:20 诗篇94:11。 21因此，谁都不要仗着人夸耀，因为万物都属于你们， 22无论是保罗、亚波罗、矶法、世界、生命、死亡、现在的事或将来的事都属于你们， 23你们属于基督，基督属于上帝。
