8. There is no difference between the one who sows and the one who waters; God will reward each one according to the work each has done.
9. For we are partners working together for God, and you are God's field.You are also God's building.
10. Using the gift that God gave me, I did the work of an expert builder and laid the foundation, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
11. For God has already placed Jesus Christ as the one and only foundation, and no other foundation can be laid.
12. Some will use gold or silver or precious stones in building on the foundation; others will use wood or grass or straw.
13. And the quality of each person's work will be seen when the Day of Christ exposes it. For on that Day fire will reveal everyone's work; the fire will test it and show its real quality.
14. If what was built on the foundation survives the fire, the builder will receive a reward.
15. But if anyone's work is burnt up, then he will lose it; but he himself will be saved, as if he had escaped through the fire.
16. Surely you know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you!
17. So if anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you yourselves are his temple.
18. No one should fool himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise by this world's standards, he should become a fool, in order to be really wise.