3:1  And, I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to those who are spiritual, but as to those who are carnal—even as to babes in Christ.

3:2  I gave you milk to drink, and not meat; for you were not yet able to receive spiritual meat; and neither are you able now,

3:3  For you are still carnal. For since envy and contention and divisions are among you, are you not carnal? And are you not walking according to human ways?

3:4  When someone says, "I am of Paul," and another one says, "I am of Apollos," are you not carnal?

3:5  Who then is Paul? And who is Apollos? They are but ministers through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to each one.

3:6  I planted and Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.

3:7  Therefore, neither is he who plants anything, nor he who waters; for it is God Who gives the increase.

3:8  Now he who plants and he who waters are one, but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

3:9  For we are God's fellow workers; and you are God's husbandry, even God's building.

3:10  As a wise architect, according to the grace of God that was given to me, I have laid the foundation, and another is building upon it. But let each one take heed how he builds upon it.

3:11  For no one is able to lay any other foundation besides that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

3:12  Now if anyone builds upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay or stubble,

3:13  The work of each one shall be manifested; for the day of trial will declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall prove what kind of work each one's is.

3:14  If the work that anyone has built endures, he shall receive a reward.

3:15  If the work of anyone is burned up, he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved, yet as through fire.

3:16  Don't you understand that you are God's temple, and that the Spirit of God is dwelling in you?

3:17  If anyone defiles the temple of God, God shall destroy him because the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

3:18  Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks himself to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, so that he may be wise in God's sight.

3:19  For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God for it is written, "He entraps the wise in their own craftiness."

3:20  And again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain."

3:21  Therefore, do not let anyone boast in men; for all things are yours,

3:22  Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come—all are yours;

3:23  And you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.