²⁴ Now a Jew named ^(A)Apollos, an ^(B)Alexandrian by birth, ^[a]an eloquent man, came to ^(C)Ephesus; and he was proficient in the Scriptures.

¹² Now I mean this, that ^(A)each one of you is saying, “I am ^[a]with Paul,” ^[b]or “I am ^[c]with ^(B)Apollos,” ^[d]or “I am ^[e]with ^[f](C)Cephas,” ^[g]or “I am ^[h]with Christ.”

⁵ What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? ^(A)Servants through whom you believed, even ^(B)as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. ^6 (C)I planted, ^(D)Apollos watered, but ^(E)God was causing the growth. ⁷ So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. ⁸ Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one; but each will ^(F)receive his own ^[a]reward according to his own labor. ⁹ For we are God’s ^(G)fellow workers; you are God’s ^[b](H)field, God’s ^(I)building.

¹⁰ According to ^(J)the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder ^(K)I laid a foundation, and ^(L)another is building on it. But each person must be careful how he builds on it. ¹¹ For no one can lay a ^(M)foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. ¹² Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, ^13 (N)each one’s work will become evident; for ^(O)the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test ^[c]the quality of each one’s work. ¹⁴ If anyone’s work which he has built on it remains, he will ^(P)receive a reward. ¹⁵ If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet only ^(Q)so as through fire.

^16 (R)Do you not know that ^(S)you are a ^[d]temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? ¹⁷ If anyone destroys the ^[e]temple of God, God will destroy ^[f]that person; for the ^[g]temple of God is holy, ^[h]and that is what you are.

^18 (T)Take care that no one deceives himself. ^(U)If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in ^(V)this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise. ¹⁹ For ^(W)the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the sight of God. For it is written: “He is ^(X)the one who catches the wise by their craftiness”; ²⁰ and again, “^(Y)The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are useless.” ²¹ So then, ^(Z)no one is to be boasting in people. For ^(AA)all things belong to you, ^22 (AB)whether Paul or Apollos or ^[i]Cephas, or the world or ^(AC)life or death, or things present or things to come; all things belong to you, ²³ and ^(AD)you belong to Christ, and ^(AE)Christ belongs to God.