1: 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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2: I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: 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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4: For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of
Apollos; are ye not carnal? |
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5: Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye
believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? |
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6: I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
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7: So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that
watereth; but God that giveth the increase. |
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8: Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every
man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. |
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9: For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's
husbandry, ye are God's building. |
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10: 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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11: For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which
is Jesus Christ. |
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12: Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver,
precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; |
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13: 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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14: If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he
shall receive a reward. |
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15: 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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16: Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the
Spirit of God dwelleth in you? |
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17: 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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18: 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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19: For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it
is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. |
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20: And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that
they are vain. |
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21: Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
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22: Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life,
or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; |
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23: And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
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