1. Brothers and sisters, I couldn't speak to you as if you were guided by the Holy Spirit. I had to speak to you as if you were following the ways of the world. You aren't growing as Christ wants you to. You are still like babies.
2. The words I spoke to you were like milk, not like solid food. You weren't ready for solid food yet. And you still aren't ready for it.
3. You are still following the ways of the world. Some of you are jealous. Some of you argue. So aren't you following the ways of the world? Aren't you acting like ordinary human beings?
4. One of you says, "I follow Paul." Another says, "I follow Apollos." Aren't you acting like ordinary human beings?
5. After all, what is Apollos? And what is Paul? We are only people who serve. We helped you to believe. The Lord has given each of us our own work to do.
6. I planted the seed. Apollos watered it. But God made it grow.
7. So the one who plants is not important. The one who waters is not important. It is God who makes things grow. He is the One who is important.
8. The one who plants and the one who waters have the same purpose. The Lord will give each of us a reward for our work.
9. We work together with God. You are like God's field. You are like his building.
10. God has given me the grace to lay a foundation as a master builder. Now someone else is building on it. But each one should build carefully.
11. No one can lay any other foundation than the one that has already been laid. That foundation is Jesus Christ.