New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.
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And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.
2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for solid food. Even now you are still not ready,
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I gave you milk and not meat, because you were, then, unable to take it, and even now you are not able;
3 for you are still of the flesh. For as long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving according to human inclinations?
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Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?
4 For when one says, "I belong to Paul," and another, "I belong to Apollos," are you not merely human?
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For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of Apollos; are you not talking like natural men?
5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each.
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What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.
6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
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I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase.
7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
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So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase.
8 The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labor of each.
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Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.
9 For we are God's servants, working together; you are God's field, God's building.
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For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.
10 According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Each builder must choose with care how to build on it.
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In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.
11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ.
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For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.
12 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw—
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But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems;
13 the work of each builder will become visible, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each has done.
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Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.
14 If what has been built on the foundation survives, the builder will receive a reward.
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If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward.
15 If the work is burned up, the builder will suffer loss; the builder will be saved, but only as through fire.
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If the fire puts an end to any man's work, it will be his loss: but he will get salvation himself, though as by fire.
16 Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?
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Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you?
17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.
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If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.
18 Do not deceive yourselves. If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools so that you may become wise.
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Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness,"
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For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:
20 and again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile."
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And again, The Lord has knowledge of the reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing.
21 So let no one boast about human leaders. For all things are yours,
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So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;
22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all belong to you,
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Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
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And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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