3As a matter of fact, my friends, I could not talk to you as I talk to people who have the Spirit; I had to talk to you as though you belonged to this world, as children in the Christian faith.G2532G1473G80G1410G3756G2980G5213G5613G4152G235G5613G4559G5613G3516G1722G55472I had to feed you milk, not solid food, because you were not ready for it. And even now you are not ready for it,G4222G5209G1051G2532G3756G1033G1063G3768G1410G3768G1410G235G3777G2089G3568G14103because you still live as the people of this world live. When there is jealousy among you and you quarrel with one another, doesn't this prove that you belong to this world, living by its standards?G1063G2075G2089G4559G1063G3699G1722G5213G2205G2532G2054G2532G1370G2075G3780G4559G2532G4043G2596G4444When one of you says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos" - aren't you acting like worldly people?G1063G3752G5100G3004G1473G3303G1510G3972G1161G2087G1473G625G2075G3780G45595After all, who is Apollos? And who is Paul? We are simply God's servants, by whom you were led to believe. Each one of us does the work which the Lord gave him to do:G5101G3767G2076G3972G1161G5101G625G235G2228G1249G1223G3739G4100G2532G5613G2962G1325G15386I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plant, but it was God who made the plant grow.G1473G5452G625G4222G235G2316G8377The one who plants and the one who waters really do not matter. It is God who matters, because he makes the plant grow.G5620G3777G2076G5452G5100G3777G4222G235G2316G8378There is no difference between the one who plants and the one who waters; God will reward each one according to the work each has done.G1161G5452G2532G4222G1526G1520G1161G1538G2983G2398G3408G2596G2398G28739For we are partners working together for God, and you are God's field. You are also God's building.G1063G2070G4904G2316G2075G2316G1091G2316G361910Using the gift that God gave me, I did the work of an expert builder and laid the foundation, and someone else is building on it. But each of you must be careful how you build.G2596G5485G2316G3588G1325G3427G5613G4680G753G5087G2310G1161G243G2026G1161G991G1538G991G4459G202611For God has already placed Jesus Christ as the one and only foundation, and no other foundation can be laid.G1063G243G2310G1410G3762G5087G3844G2749G3739G2076G2424G554712Some will use gold or silver or precious stones in building on the foundation; others will use wood or grass or straw.G1161G1536G2026G1909G5126G2310G5557G696G5093G3037G3586G5528G256213And the quality of each person's work will be seen when the Day of Christ exposes it. For on that Day fire will reveal everyone's work; the fire will test it and show its real quality.G1538G2041G1096G5318G1063G2250G1213G3754G601G1722G4442G2532G4442G1381G1538G2041G3697G207614If what was built on the foundation survives the fire, the builder will receive a reward.G1536G2041G3306G3739G2026G2983G340815But if your work is burnt up, then you will lose it; but you yourself will be saved, as if you had escaped through the fire.G1536G2041G2618G2210G1161G846G4982G1161G3779G5613G1223G444216Surely you know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you!G1492G3756G3754G2075G3485G2316G2532G4151G2316G3611G1722G521317God will destroy anyone who destroys God's temple. For God's temple is holy, and you yourselves are his temple.G1536G5351G3485G2316G5126G5351G2316G5351G1063G3485G2316G2076G40G3748G5210G207518You should not fool yourself. If any of you think that you are wise by this world's standards, you should become a fool, in order to be really wise.G1818G3367G1818G1438G1536G1722G5213G1380G1511G4680G1722G5129G165G1096G3474G2443G1096G468019For what this world considers to be wisdom is nonsense in God's sight. As the scripture says, "God traps the wise in their cleverness";G1063G4678G5127G2889G2076G3472G3844G2316G1063G1125G1405G4680G1722G846G383420and another scripture says, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are worthless."G2532G3825G2962G1097G1261G4680G3754G1526G315221No one, then, should boast about what human beings can do. Actually everything belongs to you:G5620G2744G3367G2744G1722G444G1063G3956G2076G521622Paul, Apollos, and Peter; this world, life and death, the present and the future - all these are yours,G1535G3972G1535G625G1535G2786G1535G2889G1535G2222G1535G2288G1535G1764G1535G3195G3956G2076G521623and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.G1161G5210G5547G1161G5547G2316
Prayer Tents is a Christian mission organization that serves Christians around the world and their local bodies to make disciples ("evangelize") more effectively in their communities. Prayer Tents provides resources to enable Christians to form discipleship-focused small groups and make their gatherings known so that other "interested" people may participate and experience Christ in their midst. Our Vision is to make disciples in all nations through the local churches so that anyone seeking God can come to know Him through relationships with other Christians near them.
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