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1 Corinthians 3 · BSB
3:1 Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
3:2 I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
3:3 for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
3:4 For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
3:5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
3:6 I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
3:7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
3:8 He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
3:9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
3:10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
3:11 For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
3:12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
3:13 his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.
3:14 If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.
3:15 If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.
3:16 Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
3:17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
3:18 Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
3:20 And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
3:21 Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
3:22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
3:23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
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…the seed to grow? Can you lay your hands and pray away it and then suddenly it'll grow? God is the one that will cause the seed to grow. Next,1 Corinthians 3 verse 6. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So think about this, right? Even in our own lives, sometimes our career, you might be…
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…trying to love into a relationship with the Lord, listen to this. Paul says the exact same thing in reference to his own life in ministry. In1 Corinthians 3, verse 6. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but…
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…for you. Build everything on that. There's gonna be other builders who come in, but are you doing something that makes a difference? He says this,1 Corinthians 3, verse 12. Anyone who builds on that foundation, Jesus, may use a variety of materials gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay, or straw. But on the judgment day,…
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…Look with me, if you flip back in your Bibles, back to 1 Corinthians chapter 3. If you look with me, the Apostle Paul says it very, very clearly in1 Corinthians 3, verse 1. He says this, but I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as what? Infants in Christ. These people,…
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…from Athens. But here's the question, was Paul's work at Athens a success? Absolutely. Why? What's our responsibility? Plant the seed, to sow.1 Corinthians 3:6-9, we plant and water and God causes the increase. But if nothing else is achieved in the work that's done at Athens, what can we say about that as…
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…passages of scripture that speak of Jesus being our foundation for everything in our life. I think that most of you know some of these. But inFirst Corinthians 3:11, the Bible tells us that there's no other foundation that we can build upon that's going to bring satisfaction, sustainability, and ultimately…
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…we find here, to the Church of God, that it's his. The church as an institution belongs to the one who instituted it. Paul's gonna build on this in1 Corinthians 3:9. He's writing, remember, to a group of people that were beginning to say, "Well, I, I'm of Apollos. I'm of Paul. I'm of Cephas." In other words,…
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…to you. Romans 8:1 Philippians 1, 1 Colossians 1:2 and Colossians 1:27 that in a believer is somebody who is in Christ Jesus and he is in them. In1 Corinthians 3:16it says, Know ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. Let's turn to Ephesians 5, where your marker is now.…
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…so what was needed was these scriptures these holy scriptures all right these holy scriptures that are able to bring into a place of maturity infirst corinthians chapter 3 verse 1we will see another word for babes in the pios first corinthians 3 verse 1, which is another word used for a child, and in this context is a…
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…vineyards, The fields, the physical temple always had representation of a type and shadow that pointed to a greater reality. So that when we get to1 Corinthians 3, verse 9, it says, but you are God's field. You are God's building. Meaning what? Christ's whole point, Chris. Every time I say somebody's name, all of a…
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…in, He's waiting to be acknowledged. Call on Him. Okay, here's the other verse. Are you okay? You with me? This is so good. This is so important.1 Corinthians 3 verse 16. Paul writes this to the Corinthians church. Please hear this as if you're hearing this for yourself directly from God. Do you not know that you…
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…deeper into this image of what type of building the church is. And the thing he says is that we are meant to be a temple. So here's what he says in1 Corinthians chapter 3, verses 16 through 21. It says, Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will…
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…versus the kingdom of this earth. This is Jesus saying, Be careful what you're doing with your time. Be careful what you're trading your days for.First Corinthians 3, verse 1says, Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you, I couldn't talk to you as I would to spiritual people. Now listen to this language. This is…
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July 12, 2026 Pastor David Ruddat 7th Sunday after Pentecost First Lesson: Isaiah 55:6-11 Psalm of the Day: Psalm 65B Second Lesson/Sermon Text:1 Corinthians 3:5-11Gospel Lesson: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 WHAT MAKES CHRISTIANS DIFFERENT? Christians are Planted by the Word SERVANTS, NOT OWNERS Passionate about…
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…of 1 Corinthians 3, just kind of the idea that we're talking about here, where Paul kind of talks about each believer's works and ministries. It's1 Corinthians 3, verse 10. I looked it up while you were talking. And it says, according to the grace given to me, this is Paul talking, like a skilled master builder, I…
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…of recommendation, and he becomes a powerful help to the church, publicly proving from the scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah. If you look at1 Corinthians chapter 3, verse 6, it's that verse where it says, Paul watered Apollo, or Paul planted Apollos' water. Paul had planted in Corinth now Apollos' waters. So that begs…
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…although he does do that too, he gives them a new imagination for how to think about leadership and how to relate to their leaders. So this is from1 Corinthians chapter 3, verses 5 through 9. Paul says, What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord has assigned to each his…
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When we get up together, experience of love. Give the love back.First Corinthians chapter 3, verses 9 to 15. Reading from the New King James Versions, for we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field. You are God's building. According to the grace of…
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…math is different than yours? And we measure our life by our lifetime, but that's a poor measurement. And I think that's a very important thing.1 Corinthians 3:13, 2 Corinthians 5:10, we're all going to appear at the judgment seat of Christ and receive in the body that the the things we've done in the body,…
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…of the Spirit of God. for they are foolishness to him, nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. Everybody say natural man.1 Corinthians 3 verses 1 through 3says this, And I, brethren, could not speak to you as spiritual people, but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not with…
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