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Chapter 3 |
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And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal,
even as unto babes in Christ. |
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| I have fed you with milk, and
not with ameat: for hitherto
ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. |
3 | For ye
are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife,
and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? |
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For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are
ye not carnal? |
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Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye
believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? |
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I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. |
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So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth;
but God that giveth the increase. |
8 | Now he that
planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive
his own reward according to his own labour. |
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For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye
are God's building. |
10 |
According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise
masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth
thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. |
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For other 1foundation can 2no man lay than that is laid,
which is Jesus Christ.
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Isa 28:16
Matt 16:18,
Eph 2:20
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Matt 15:13,
John 15:2
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12 | Now if
any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones,
wood, hay, stubble; |
13 | Every man's
work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because
it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's
work of what sort it is. |
14
| If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall
receive a reward. |
15 | If any man's work shall be burned, he
shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. |
16 |
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God
dwelleth in you? |
17 | If any man defile the temple of God,
him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple
ye are. |
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| Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be
wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. |
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For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is
written,
1He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
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Job 5:13
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20 | And again,
1The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise,
that they are vain.
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Psa 94:11
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21 |
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's; |
22 | Whether Paul,
or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things
present, or things to come; all are your's; |
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And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. |