1 Aš, broliai, negalėjau kalbėti jums kaip dvasiniams, bet kaip kūniškiems, kaip kūdikiams Kristuje.

2 Maitinau jus pienu, ne tvirtu maistu, kurio jūs negalėjote priimti. Net ir dabar negalite,

3 nes tebesate kūniški. Jeigu tarp jūsų pavydas, nesantaika ir susiskaldymai,­argi nesate kūniški? Argi nesielgiate grynai žmogiškai?

4 Kol vienas sako: "Aš­Pauliaus", kitas: "Aš­Apolo",­argi nesate kūniški?

5 Kas yra Paulius? Kas yra Apolas? Tarnai, kurių dėka įtikėjote ir kurie tarnavo, kiek Viešpats kiekvienam skyrė.

6 Aš sodinau, Apolas laistė, o Dievas augino.

7 Todėl nieko nereiškia nei sodintojas, nei laistytojas, bet Dievas­augintojas.

8 Kas sodina ir kas laisto, yra viena, ir kiekvienas gaus savąjį užmokestį pagal savo triūsą.

9 Mes juk esame Dievo bendradarbiai, o jūs­Dievo dirva, Dievo statinys.

10 Pagal Dievo man suteiktą malonę aš, kaip išmintingas statybos vadovas, padėjau pamatą, o kitas stato ant jo. Tegul kiekvienas žiūri, kaip stato.

11 Juk niekas negali dėti kito pamato, kaip tik tą, kuris jau padėtas, kuris yra Jėzus Kristus.

12 Jei kas stato ant šio pamato iš aukso, sidabro, brangakmenių, medžio, šieno ar šiaudų,­

13 kiekvieno darbas išaiškės. Todėl, kad diena jį atskleis, nes tai bus atskleista ugnimi ir ugnis ištirs, koks kieno darbas.

14 Jei kieno statybos darbas išliks, tas gaus užmokestį.

15 O kieno darbas sudegs, tas turės nuostolį, bet jis pats bus išgelbėtas, tačiau kaip per ugnį.

16 Ar nežinote, kad jūs esate Dievo šventykla ir Dievo Dvasia gyvena jumyse?

17 Jei kas Dievo šventyklą niokoja, tą Dievas sunaikins, nes Dievo šventykla šventa, ir toji šventykla­tai jūs!

18 Tegul niekas savęs neapgaudinėja. Jei kas tarp jūsų tariasi esąs išmintingas šiame pasaulyje, tepasidaro kvailas, kad būtų išmintingas.

19 Šio pasaulio išmintis Dievo akyse yra kvailystė, nes parašyta: "Jis sugauna protinguosius jų gudrybėje".

20 Ir vėl: "Viešpats žino išminčių mintis, kad jos tuščios".

21 Tad niekas tenesididžiuoja žmonėmis! Nes viskas yra jūsų:

22 ar Paulius, ar Apolas, ar Kefas, ar pasaulis, ar gyvenimas, ar mirtis, ar dabartis, ar ateitis,­viskas yra jūsų,

23 bet jūs patys­Kristaus, o Kristus­Dievo.

1 And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.

2 I gave you milk and not meat, because you were, then, unable to take it, and even now you are not able;

3 Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?

4 For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of Apollos; are you not talking like natural men?

5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.

6 I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase.

7 So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase.

8 Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.

9 For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.

10 In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.

11 For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.

12 But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems;

13 Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.

14 If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward.

15 If the fire puts an end to any man's work, it will be his loss: but he will get salvation himself, though as by fire.

16 Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you?

17 If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.

18 Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

19 For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:

20 And again, The Lord has knowledge of the reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing.

21 So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;

22 Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

23 And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.