## Jesus Christ, Our Foundation 

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And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to fleshly men, as to infants in Christ. 

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I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, for you were not yet able _to receive it_. Indeed, even now you are still not able, 

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for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men? 

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For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not _mere_ men? 

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What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to each one. 

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I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. 

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So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. 

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Now he who plants and he who waters are one, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. 

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For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. 

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According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. 

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For no one can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 

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Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 

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each man's work will become evident, for the day will indicate it because it is revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work. 

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If any man's work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. 

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If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. 

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Do you not know that you are a sanctuary of God and _that_ the Spirit of God dwells in you? 

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If any man destroys the sanctuary of God, God will destroy him, for the sanctuary of God is holy, and that is what you are. 

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Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise. 

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For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, "_He is_ the one who catches the wise in their craftiness"; 

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and again, "The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are useless." 

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So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you, 

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whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you, 

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and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.