(Hebrews 5:11–14)
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And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly—as to babies in Christ;
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with milk I fed you, and not with meat, for you were not yet able, but not even yet are you now able,
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for yet you are fleshly, for where [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not fleshly, and walk in the manner of men?
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For when one may say, “I, indeed, am of Paul,” and another, “I—of Apollos,” are you not fleshly?
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Who, then, is Paul, and who Apollos, but servants through whom you believed, and to each as the LORD gave?
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I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth;
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so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth—God;
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and he who is planting and he who is watering are one, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor,
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for we are fellow-workmen of God; you are God’s tillage, God’s building.
Christ Our Foundation
(Isaiah 28:14–22; Ephesians 2:19–22; 1 Peter 2:1–8)
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According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, I have laid a foundation, and another builds on [it],
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for no one is able to lay another foundation except that which is laid, which is Jesus the Christ;
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and if anyone builds on this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw—
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the work will become visible of each, for the day will declare [it], because it is revealed in fire, and the work of each, what kind it is, the fire will prove;
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if the work of anyone remains that he built on [it], he will receive a wage;
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if the work of any is burned up, he will suffer loss, but himself will be saved, but so as through fire.
God’s Temple and God’s Wisdom
(Romans 12:1–8; 1 Corinthians 6:18–20)
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Have you not known that you are a temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwells in you?
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If anyone ruins the temple of God, God will ruin him; for the temple of God is holy, which you are.
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Let no one deceive himself; if anyone seems to be wise among you in this age—let him become a fool, that he may become wise,
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for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it has been written: “Who is taking the wise in their craftiness”;
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and again, “The LORD knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.”
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So then, let no one glory in men, for all things are yours,
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whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things about to be—all are yours,
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and you [are] Christ’s, and Christ [is] God’s.
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