{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/1-corinthians/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T18:29:20.957Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"1 Corinthians","bookSlug":"1-corinthians","chapter":3,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it : nay, not even now are ye able;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For when one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not men?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For we are God's fellow-workers: ye are God's husbandry, God's building."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"According to the grace of God which was given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder I laid a foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But let each man take heed how he buildeth thereon."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"each man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man's work of what sort it is."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise that they are vain."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Corinthians 3 (ASV)","markdown":"[1 Corinthians 3](https://primebible.com/asv/1-corinthians/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/1-corinthians/3 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}