{"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/dbt/1-corinthians/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-02T19:46:05.404Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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, have not been able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly; as to babes in Christ."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I have given you milk to drink, not meat, for ye have not yet been able, nor indeed are ye yet able;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"for ye are yet carnal. For whereas there are among you emulation and strife, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For when one says, I am of Paul, and another, I of Apollos, are ye not men?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Who then is Apollos, and who Paul? Ministering servants, through whom ye have believed, and as the Lord has given to each."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I have planted; Apollos watered; but God has given the increase."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"So that neither the planter is anything, nor the waterer; but God the giver of the increase."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But the planter and the waterer are one; but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labour."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's husbandry, God's building."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"According to the grace of God which has been given to me, as a wise architect, I have laid the foundation, but another builds upon it. But let each see how he builds upon it."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For other foundation can no man lay besides that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Now if any one build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, straw,"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"the work of each shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire shall try the work of each what it is."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"If the work of any one which he has built upon the foundation shall abide, he shall receive a reward."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"If the work of any one shall be consumed, he shall suffer loss, but he shall be saved, but so as through the fire."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Do ye not know that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"If any one corrupt the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And again, The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise that they are vain."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"So that let no one boast 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 coming, all are yours;"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"and ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Corinthians 3 (DBT)","markdown":"[1 Corinthians 3](https://primebible.com/dbt/1-corinthians/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/1-corinthians/3 (accessed 2026-06-02)."}}