1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, [even] as unto babes in Christ.
2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able [to bear it], neither yet now are ye able.
3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I [am] of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
5 Who then is Paul, and who [is] Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, [ye are] God's building.
10 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.
11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13 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.
14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.
18 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.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ [is] God's.
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Ephesians 2:19-20: "As soon as you are no longer foreign, nor stranger, but fellow citizens of the saints and the family of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, being Jesus Christ himself the cornerstone." This verse highlights the importance of the foundation of Christ and the apostles in the construction of the Church as a spiritual building.
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1 Peter 2:5: "And also, as living stones, you are built Holy Spiritual House and Priesthood, to offer pleasant spiritual sacrifices to God for Jesus Christ." This verse highlights the participation of believers in the construction of the Church as a spiritual building, being themselves living stones that make up the spiritual house.
Matthew 7:24-25: "Everyone, for, who listens to these words and practices them, I will resemble him to the prudent man, who built his house over the rock. The winds and hit with a moment against that house; yet it did not fall, because it was founded on the rock. " This verse emphasizes the importance of building on a solid and resistant foundation, as well as in the construction of the church as a spiritual building.
1 Corinthians 12:12-13: "For, just as the body is one and has many members, and all members, many, are one body, so is Christ as well. For we were all baptized in a spirit, forming A body, whether Jews, and Greeks, or servants, and free, and we have all drunk from one spirit. " This verse highlights the importance of unity among believers and everyone's participation in the construction of the Church as a spiritual building.
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