Inspire: 1 Corinthians through 2 Thessalonians - Flipbook - Page 11
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Don’t you realize that all of you together
are the
and that the
temple of God
Spirit of God lives in you?
17 God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God’s temple is holy,
and you are that temple.
18 Stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you are wise by this world’s stan
dards, you need to become a fool to be truly wise. 19 For the wisdom of this
world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say,
“He traps the wise
in the snare of their own cleverness.”
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And again,
“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise;
he knows they are worthless.”
So don’t boast about following a particular human leader. For everything
belongs to you— 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Peter, or the world, or life and
death, or the present and the future.
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Everything belongs to you,
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and
you belong to Christ,
and Christ belongs to God.
Paul’s Relationship with the Corinthians
So look at Apollos and me as mere servants of Christ who have been put
in charge of explaining God’s mysteries. 2 Now, a person who is put in
charge as a manager must be faithful. 3 As for me, it matters very little how I
might be evaluated by you or by any human authority. I don’t even trust my
own judgment on this point. 4 My conscience is clear, but that doesn’t prove
I’m right. It is the Lord himself who will examine me and decide.
5 So don’t make judgments about anyone ahead of time—before the Lord
returns. For he will bring our darkest secrets to light and will reveal our
private motives.
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Then God will giveto each one
whatever praise is due.
Dear brothers and sisters, I have used Apollos and myself to illustrate what
I’ve been saying. If you pay attention to what I have quoted from the Scriptures,
you won’t be proud of one of your leaders at the expense of another. 7 For what
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