1 Corinthians 3
Laborers Together with
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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
meat: Heb. 5.12, 13 for
hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye
able.
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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 Apol'los; 1 Cor. 1.12 are ye not carnal?
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Who then is Paul, and who is Apol'los, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave
to every man?
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I have planted, Acts 18.4-11 Apol'los watered; Acts 18.24-28 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.
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Now he that planteth and he that watereth
are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his
own labor.
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For we are laborers together with God: ye
are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
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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 foundation can no man lay than
that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
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Now if any man build upon this foundation
gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
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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.
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If any man's work abide which he hath
built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
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If any man's work shall be burned, he
shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by
fire.
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Know ye not that ye are the temple of
God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 1 Cor.
6.19 · 2 Cor.
6.16
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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,
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He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. Job.
5.13 |
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And again,
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The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, |
that they are vain. Ps.
94.11 |
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Therefore let no man glory in men: for
all things are yours;
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whether Paul, or Apol'los, or Cephas, or
the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come;
all are yours;
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and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
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