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1 Corinthians 3
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| 3:1
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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| 3:2
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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| 3:3
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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| 3:4
For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye
not carnal? |
 (3:4) "One saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye
not carnal?" Or confused, maybe? (See 1:12 for more evidence of divisions among Paul's followers.)
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| 3:5
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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| 3:6
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. |
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| 3:7
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 labour. |
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| 3:9
For we are labourers 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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| 3:12
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones,
wood, hay, stubble; |
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| 3:13
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. |
 (3:15) "If any man's work shall be burned,
... he himself shall be saved."
Get saved by burning your work!
What you must do to be saved?
 (3:17)
"If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy."
Does hell exist?
(3:18-20) Christians who want to be wise must become fools. But then they'll have a
problem since fools shall not stand in the sight of God (Ps.5:5)
Is it good to be foolish?
(3:18) "If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise."
(3:19) "For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God."
(3:20) "The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain."
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| 3:14
If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a
reward.
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| 3:15
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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| 3:16
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God
dwelleth in you?
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| 3:17
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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| 3:18
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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| 3:19
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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And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
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| 3:21
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;
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| 3:22
Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or
things present, or things to come; all are your's;
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| 3:23
And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
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