1 Ar jums, brāļi, es nevarēju runāt kā ar garīgiem, bet kā ar miesīgiem cilvēkiem, kā ar bērniem Kristū. 2 Es jums devu pienu un ne smagu barību. To jūs nevarējāt panest, arī vēl tagad nevarat. 3 Jo jūs vēl esat miesīgi. Kamēr jūsu starpā naids un ķildas, vai tad neesat miesīgi un vai nedzīvojat kā šīs pasaules cilvēki? 4 Jo, kad viens saka: es turos pie Pāvila, bet otrs: es pie Apolla, - vai tad neesat miesīgi? 5 Kas tad ir Apolls, un kas ir Pāvils? Tik kalpi, ar kuru palīdzību jūs kļuvāt ticīgi, ikviens tā, kā Tas Kungs viņam devis. 6 Es dēstīju, Apolls aplaistīja, bet Dievs deva spēku augšanai. 7 Tamdēļ nav cildināms ne dēstītājs, ne laistītājs, bet Dievs, kas audzē. 8 Dēstītājs un laistītājs - abi sader kopā un katrs dabūs savu algu, pēc sava darba. 9 Jo mēs esam Dieva darba biedri, jūs esat Dieva aramais tīrums, Dieva celtne. 10 Pēc Dieva dotās žēlastības es kā gudrs namdaris liku pamatu, bet cits ceļ uz tā ēku. Bet katrs lai pielūko, kā viņš to ceļ. 11 Jo citu pamatu neviens nevar likt kā to, kas jau ir likts, proti, Jēzus Kristus. 12 Bet, ja kas ceļ uz šā pamata zeltu, sudrabu, dārgakmeņus, koku, sienu vai salmus, 13 katra darbs tiks redzams: tiesas diena to atklās, jo tā parādīsies ar uguni, un, kāds kura darbs ir, to uguns pārbaudīs. 14 Ja kāda darbs, ko tas uzcēlis, paliks, tas dabūs algu; 15 ja kāda darbs sadegs, tam būs jācieš, bet viņš pats tiks izglābts, bet tā kā caur uguni. 16 Vai jūs nezināt, ka jūs esat Dieva nams un ka Dieva Gars jūsos mājo? 17 Ja kas Dieva namu samaitā, to Dievs samaitās; jo Dieva nams ir svēts, tas jūs esat. 18 Lai neviens sevi nepieviļ! Ja kas jūsu starpā tur sevi par gudru šīs pasaules lietās, tam jātop ģeķim, lai tas kļūtu gudrs. 19 Jo šīs pasaules gudrība ir Dieva priekšā ģeķība. Jo ir rakstīts: Viņš satver gudros viņu viltībā, 20 un atkal: Tas Kungs pazīst gudro domas, ka tās ir tukšas. - 21 Tamdēļ neviens lai nelielās ar cilvēkiem. Jo viss ir jūsu. 22 Vai tas būtu Pāvils, vai Apolls, vai Kēfa, vai pasaule, vai dzīvība, vai nāve, vai tagadējās vai nākamās lietas, viss jums pieder. 23 Bet jūs piederat Kristum un Kristus Dievam.
Working Together for God
1 My friends, you are acting like the people of this world. That's why I could not speak to you as spiritual people. You are like babies as far as your faith in Christ is concerned. 2 So I had to treat you like babies and feed you milk. You could not take solid food, and you still cannot, 3 because you are not yet spiritual. You are jealous and argue with each other. This proves you are not spiritual and you are acting like the people of this world.
4 Some of you say you follow me, and others claim to follow Apollos. Isn't this how ordinary people behave? 5 Apollos and I are merely servants who helped you to have faith. It was the Lord who made it all happen. 6 I planted the seeds, Apollos watered them, but God made them sprout and grow. 7 What matters isn't those who planted or watered, but God who made the plants grow. 8 The one who plants is just as important as the one who waters. And each one will be paid for what they do. 9 Apollos and I work together for God, and you are God's garden and God's building.
Only One Foundation
10 God treated me with undeserved grace and let me become an expert builder. I laid a foundation on which others have built. But we must each be careful how we build, 11 because Christ is the only foundation. 12-13 Whatever we build on this foundation will be tested by fire on the day of judgment. Then everyone will find out if we have used gold, silver, and precious stones, or wood, hay, and straw. 14 We will be rewarded if our building is left standing. 15 But if it is destroyed by the fire, we will lose everything. Yet we ourselves will be saved, like someone escaping from flames.
16 All of you surely know you are God's temple and his Spirit lives in you. 17 Together you are God's holy temple, and God will destroy anyone who destroys his temple.
18 Don't fool yourselves! If any of you think you are wise in the things of this world, you will have to become foolish before you can be truly wise. 19 This is because God considers the wisdom of this world to be foolish. It is just as the Scriptures say, “God catches the wise when they try to outsmart him.” 20 The Scriptures also say, “The Lord knows that the plans made by wise people are useless.” 21-22 So stop bragging about what anyone has done. Paul and Apollos and Peter all belong to you. In fact, everything is yours, including the world, life, death, the present, and the future. Everything belongs to you, 23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
