| The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000. |
The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the |
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Laborers Together with God |
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And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
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I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: Heb. 5.12, 13 for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
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For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
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For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apol'los; 1 Cor. 1.12 are ye not carnal?
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¶ Who then is Paul, and who is Apol'los, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
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I have planted, Acts 18.4-11 Apol'los watered; Acts 18.24-28 but God gave the increase.
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So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
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Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
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For we are laborers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
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¶ According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
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For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
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Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
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every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
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If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
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If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
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¶ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 1 Cor. 6.19 · 2 Cor. 6.16
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If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
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¶ Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
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For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God: for it is written,
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He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. Job. 5.13 |
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And again,
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The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, |
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that they are vain. Ps. 94.11 |
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Therefore let no man glory in men: for all things are yours;
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whether Paul, or Apol'los, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
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and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
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