New American Bible, Revised Edition

1 Corinthians 3:2-13 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

2. I fed you milk, not solid food, because you were unable to take it. Indeed, you are still not able, even now,

3. for you are still of the flesh. While there is jealousy and rivalry among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving in an ordinary human way?

4. Whenever someone says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” are you not merely human?

5. What is Apollos, after all, and what is Paul? Ministers through whom you became believers, just as the Lord assigned each one.

6. I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused the growth.

7. Therefore, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who causes the growth.

8. The one who plants and the one who waters are equal, and each will receive wages in proportion to his labor.

9. For we are God’s co-workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

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

11. for no one can lay a foundation other than the one that is there, namely, Jesus Christ.

12. If anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

13. the work of each will come to light, for the Day will disclose it. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire [itself] will test the quality of each one’s work.