|16Don’t you realize that all of you togetherare theand that thetemple of GodSpirit 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 standards, you need to become a fool to be truly wise. 19 For the wisdom of thisworld is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say,“He traps the wisein the snare of their own cleverness.”20And 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 everythingbelongs to you— 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Peter, or the world, or life anddeath, or the present and the future.21Everything belongs to you,23andyou belong to Christ,and Christ belongs to God.Paul’s Relationship with the CorinthiansSo look at Apollos and me as mere servants of Christ who have been putin charge of explaining God’s mysteries. 2 Now, a person who is put incharge as a manager must be faithful. 3 As for me, it matters very little how Imight be evaluated by you or by any human authority. I don’t even trust myown judgment on this point. 4 My conscience is clear, but that doesn’t proveI’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 Lordreturns. For he will bring our darkest secrets to light and will reveal ourprivate motives.4Then God will giveto each onewhatever praise is due.Dear brothers and sisters, I have used Apollos and myself to illustrate whatI’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 what611
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