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1 Corinthians 3

1Καὶ ἐγώ, ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἠδυνήθην ὑμῖν λαλῆσαι ὡς πνευματικοῖς ἀλλ᾽ ὡς σαρκικοῖς, ὡς νηπίοις ἐν Χριστῷ.
1Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
2γάλα ὑμᾶς ἐπότισα καὶ οὐ βρῶμα, οὔπω γὰρ ἠδύνασθε· ἀλλ᾽ οὔτε ἔτι νῦν δύνασθε,
2I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
3ἔτι γὰρ σαρκικοί ἐστε. ὅπου γὰρ ἐν ὑμῖν ζῆλος καὶ ἔρις καὶ διχοστασίαι, οὐχὶ σαρκικοί ἐστε καὶ κατὰ ἄνθρωπον περιπατεῖτε;
3for 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?
4ὅταν γὰρ λέγῃ τις, Ἐγὼ μέν εἰμι Παύλου, ἕτερος δέ, Ἐγὼ Ἀπολλώ, οὐχὶ σαρκικοί ἐστε;
4For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
5Τίς οὖν ἐστι Παῦλος, τίς δὲ Ἀπολλώς, ἀλλ᾽ ἢ διάκονοι δι᾽ ὧν ἐπιστεύσατε, καὶ ἑκάστῳ ὡς ὁ Κύριος ἔδωκεν;
5What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
6ἐγὼ ἐφύτευσα, Ἀπολλὼς ἐπότισεν, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ Θεὸς ηὔξανεν·
6I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
7ὥστε οὔτε ὁ φυτεύων ἐστί τι οὔτε ὁ ποτίζων ἀλλ᾽ ὁ αὐξάνων Θεός.
7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
8ὁ φυτεύων δὲ καὶ ὁ ποτίζων ἕν εἰσιν, ἕκαστος δὲ τὸν ἴδιον μισθὸν λήψεται κατὰ τὸν ἴδιον κόπον.
8He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
9Θεοῦ γάρ ἐσμεν συνεργοί· Θεοῦ γεώργιον, Θεοῦ οἰκοδομή ἐστε.
9For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
10Κατὰ τὴν χάριν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι, ὡς σοφὸς ἀρχιτέκτων θεμέλιον τέθεικα, ἄλλος δὲ ἐποικοδομεῖ. ἕκαστος δὲ βλεπέτω πῶς ἐποικοδομεῖ.
10By 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.
11θεμέλιον γὰρ ἄλλον οὐδεὶς δύναται θεῖναι παρὰ τὸν κείμενον, ὅς ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός.
11For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12εἰ δέ τις ἐποικοδομεῖ ἐπὶ τὸν θεμέλιον τοῦτον χρυσόν, ἄργυρον, λίθους τιμίους, ξύλα, χόρτον, καλάμην,
12If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
13ἑκάστου τὸ ἔργον φανερὸν γενήσεται, ἡ γὰρ ἡμέρα δηλώσει, ὅτι ἐν πυρὶ ἀποκαλύπτεται· καὶ ἑκάστου τὸ ἔργον ὁποῖόν ἐστι τὸ πῦρ δοκιμάσει.
13his 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.
14εἴ τινος τὸ ἔργον μένει ὃ ἐποικοδόμησε, μισθὸν λήψεται·
14If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.
15εἴ τινος τὸ ἔργον κατακαήσεται, ζημιωθήσεται, αὐτὸς δὲ σωθήσεται, οὕτω δὲ ὡς διὰ πυρός.
15If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.
16Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ναὸς Θεοῦ ἐστε καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα τοῦ Θεοῦ οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν;
16Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
17εἴ τις τὸν ναὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ φθείρει, φθερεῖ τοῦτον ὁ Θεός· ὁ γὰρ ναὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἅγιός ἐστιν, οἵτινές ἐστε ὑμεῖς.
17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
18Μηδεὶς ἑαυτὸν ἐξαπατάτω· εἴ τις δοκεῖ σοφὸς εἶναι ἐν ὑμῖν ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι τούτῳ, μωρὸς γενέσθω, ἵνα γένηται σοφός.
18Let 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.
19ἡ γὰρ σοφία τοῦ κόσμου τούτου μωρία παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ ἐστι. γέγραπται γάρ, Ὁ δρασσόμενος τοὺς σοφοὺς ἐν τῇ πανουργίᾳ αὐτῶν·
19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
20καὶ πάλιν, Κύριος γινώσκει τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς τῶν σοφῶν, ὅτι εἰσὶ μάταιοι.
20And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
21ὥστε μηδεὶς καυχάσθω ἐν ἀνθρώποις· πάντα γὰρ ὑμῶν ἐστιν,
21Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
22εἴτε Παῦλος εἴτε Ἀπολλώς εἴτε Κηφᾶς εἴτε κόσμος εἴτε ζωὴ εἴτε θάνατος εἴτε ἐνεστῶτα εἴτε μέλλοντα—πάντα ὑμῶν ἐστιν,
22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
23ὑμεῖς δὲ Χριστοῦ, Χριστὸς δὲ Θεοῦ.
23and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.