| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 1And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ. | 1Brothers, I couldn't talk to you as spiritual people but as worldly people, as mere infants in the Messiah. |
| 2I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, | 2I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you weren't ready for it. And you're still not ready! |
| 3for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men? | 3That's because you are still worldly. As long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, you are worldly and living by human standards, aren't you? |
| 4For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not mere men? | 4For when one person says, "I follow Paul," and another person says, "I follow to Apollos," you're following your own human nature, aren't you? |
| 5What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. | 5Who is Apollos, anyhow? Or who is Paul? They're merely servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord gave to each of us his task. |
| 6I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. | 6I planted, Apollos watered, but God kept everything growing. |
| 7So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. | 7So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is significant, but God, who keeps everything growing, is the one who matters. |
| 8Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. | 8The one who plants and the one who waters have the same goal, and each will receive a reward for his own action. |
| 9For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. | 9For we are God's co-workers. You are God's farmland and God's building. |
| 10According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. | 10As an expert builder using the grace that God gave me, I laid the foundation, and someone else is building on it. But each person must be careful how he builds on it. |
| 11For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. | 11After all, no one can lay any other foundation than the one that is already laid, and that is Jesus the Messiah. |
| 12Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, | 12Whether a person builds on this foundation with gold, silver, expensive stones, wood, hay, or straw, |
| 13each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work. | 13the workmanship of each person will become evident, for the day of judgment will show what it is, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person's action. |
| 14If any man's work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. | 14If what a person has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. |
| 15If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. | 15If his work is burned up, he will suffer loss. However, he himself will be saved, but it will be like going through fire. |
| 16Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? | 16You know that you are God's sanctuary and that God's Spirit lives in you, don't you? |
| 17If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are. | 17If anyone destroys God's sanctuary, God will destroy him, for God's sanctuary is holy. And you are that sanctuary! |
| 18Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise. | 18Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in the ways of this world, he must become a fool to become really wise. |
| 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, "He is THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS"; | 19For the wisdom of this world is nonsense in God's sight. For it is written, "He catches the wise with their own trickery," |
| 20and again, "THE LORD KNOWS THE REASONINGS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS." | 20and again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are worthless." |
| 21So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you, | 21So let no one boast about human beings, since everything belongs to you, |
| 22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you, | 22whether Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, the present, or the future—everything belongs to you, |
| 23and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God. | 23but you belong to the Messiah, and the Messiah belongs to God. |
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