1 Corinthians 3:5-17 - The Role Of God's Servants

⁵ Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but ministers through whom ye believed, and that as the Lord gave to each? ⁶ I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth. ⁷ So then, neither he that planteth nor he that watereth is anything, but God that giveth the growth. ⁸ And he that planteth and he that watereth are one; and each will receive his own reward, according to his own labor. ⁹ For we are Gods fellowlaborers; ye are Gods field, ye are Gods building. ¹⁰ According to the grace of God bestowed on me, I, as a skilful masterbuilder, have laid the foundation; and another buildeth thereon; but let every one take heed, how he buildeth thereon. ¹¹ For other foundation can no one lay than that which is laid, which is Christ Jesus. ¹² But if any one build upon this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, ¹³ the work of every one will be made manifest; for the day will show it; because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will prove what every ones work is. ¹⁴ If the work which any one built thereon remaineth, he will receive reward; ¹⁵ if any ones work shall be burned up, he will lose the reward; but he will be saved himself, yet as one escaping through fire.

¹⁶ Know ye not, that ye are Gods temple, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? ¹⁷ If any one defaceth the temple of God, God will deface him; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.