| King James Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. | 1Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ. |
| 2I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. | 2I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready, |
| 3For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? | 3for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man? |
| 4For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? | 4For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men? |
| 5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? | 5What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role. |
| 6I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. | 6I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. |
| 7So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. | 7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. |
| 8Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. | 8He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. |
| 9For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. | 9For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building. |
| 10According 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. | 10By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds. |
| 11For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. | 11For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. |
| 12Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; | 12If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, |
| 13Every 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. | 13his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work. |
| 14If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. | 14If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward. |
| 15If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. | 15If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames. |
| 16Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? | 16Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? |
| 17If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. | 17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. |
| 18Let 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. | 18Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise. |
| 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. | 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.” |
| 20And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. | 20And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.” |
| 21Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; | 21Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours, |
| 22Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; | 22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you, |
| 23And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. | 23and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God. |
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