{"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/kjv/1-corinthians/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-28T20:59:04.518Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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, <i>even</i> as unto babes in Christ."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able <i>to bear it</i>, neither yet now are ye able."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For ye are yet carnal: for whereas <i>there is</i> among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I <i>am</i> of Apollos; are ye not carnal?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Who then is Paul, and who <i>is</i> Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither 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 labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, <i>ye are</i> God's building."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ."},{"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 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."},{"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 shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and <i>that</i> the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which <i>temple</i> ye are."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh 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":"Therefore let no man 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 <i>is</i> God's."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Corinthians 3 (KJV)","markdown":"[1 Corinthians 3](https://primebible.com/kjv/1-corinthians/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/1-corinthians/3 (accessed 2026-05-28)."}}