1 Corinthians 3:4-15

New International Version

⁴ For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,”^(A) are you not mere human beings?

⁵ What, after all, is Apollos?^(B) And what is Paul? Only servants,^(C) through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. ⁶ I planted the seed,^(D) Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. ⁷ So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. ⁸ The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.^{(E) 9} For we are co-workers in God’s service;^(F) you are God’s field,^(G) God’s building.^(H)

¹⁰ By the grace God has given me,^(I) I laid a foundation^(J) as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. ¹¹ For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.^{(K) 12} If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, ¹³ their work will be shown for what it is,^(L) because the Day^(M) will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.^{(N) 14} If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.^{(O) 15} If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.^(P)