{"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/drb/1-corinthians/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T10:35:35.748Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","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 to you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal. As unto little ones in Christ. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I gave you milk to drink, not meat; for you were not able as yet. But neither indeed are you now able; for you are yet carnal. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For, whereas there is among you envying and contention, are you not carnal, and walk according to man ? "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For while one saith, I indeed am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollo; are you not men ? What then is Apollo, and what is Paul? "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"The ministers of him whom you have believed; and to every one as the Lord hath given. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I have planted, Apollo watered, but God gave the increase. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Therefore, neither he that planteth is any thing, nor he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Now he that planteth, and he that watereth, are one. And every man shall receive his own reward, according to his own labour. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For we are God's coadjutors: you are God's husbandry; you are God's building. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"According to the grace of God that is given to me, as a wise architect, I have laid the foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For other foundation no man can lay, but that which is laid; which is Christ Jesus. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Now if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble: "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Every man's work shall be manifest; for the day of the Lord shall declare it, because it shall be revealed in fire; and the fire shall try every man's work, of what sort it is. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"If any man's work abide, which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"If any man's work burn, he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Know you not, that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ? "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"But if any man violate the temple of God, him shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which you are. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Let no man deceive himself: if any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written: I will catch the wise in their own craftiness. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And again: The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Let no man therefore glory in men. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"For all things are yours, whether it be Paul, or Apollo, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to some; for all are yours; "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's. "}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Corinthians 3 (DRB)","markdown":"[1 Corinthians 3](https://primebible.com/drb/1-corinthians/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/1-corinthians/3 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}