¹Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ.

¹Og jeg, Brødre! kunde ikke tale til eder som til åndelige, men som til kødelige, som til spæde Børn i Kristus.

²I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready,

²Mælk gav jeg eder at drikke, ikke fast Føde; thi I kunde endnu ikke tåle det, ja, I kunne det ikke engang nu;

³for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren’t you fleshly, and don’t you walk in the ways of men?

³thi endnu ere I kødelige. Når der nemlig er Nid og Splid iblandt eder, ere I da ikke kødelige og vandre på Menneskers Vis?

⁴For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you fleshly?

⁴Thi når en siger: "Jeg hører Paulus til," og en anden: "Jeg hører Apollos til," ere I så ikke "Mennesker"?

⁵Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?

⁵Hvad er da Apollos? og hvad er Paulus? Tjenere, ved hvilke I bleve troende og det, efter som Herren gav enhver.

⁶I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.

⁶Jeg plantede, Apollos vandede, men Gud gav Vækst.

⁷So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

⁷Så er da hverken den noget, som planter, ikke heller den, som vander, men Gud, som giver Vækst.

⁸Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

⁸Den, som planter, og den, som vander, ere eet; men hver skal få sin egen Løn efter sit eget Arbejde.

⁹For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.

⁹Thi Guds Medarbejdere ere vi; Guds Ager, Guds Bygning ere I.

¹⁰According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.

¹⁰Efter den Guds Nåde, som blev given mig, har jeg som en viis Bygmester lagt Grundvold, men en anden bygger derpå. Men enhver se til, hvorledes han bygger derpå!

¹¹For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

¹¹thi anden Grundvold kan ingen lægge end den, som er lagt, hvilken er Jesus Kristus.

¹²But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;

¹²Men dersom nogen på Grundvolden bygger med Guld, Sølv, kostbare Sten, Træ, Hø, Strå,

¹³each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.

¹³da skal enhvers Arbejde blive åbenbaret; thi Dagen skal gøre det klart, efterdi den åbenbares med Ild, og hvordan enhvers Arbejde er, det skal Ilden prøve.

¹⁴If any man’s work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.

¹⁴Dersom det Arbejde, som en har bygget derpå, består, da skal han få Løn;

¹⁵If any man’s work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.

¹⁵dersom ens Arbejde bliver opbrændt, da skal han gå Glip af den; men selv skal han blive frelst, dog som igennem Ild.

¹⁶Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

¹⁶Vide I ikke, at I ere Guds Tempel, og Guds Ånd bor i eder?

¹⁷If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.

¹⁷Dersom nogen fordærver Guds Tempel, skal Gud fordærve ham; thi Guds Tempel er helligt, og det ere jo I.

¹⁸Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

¹⁸Ingen bedrage sig selv! Dersom nogen tykkes at være viis iblandt eder i denne Verden, han vorde en Dåre, for at han kan vorde viis.

¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.” Job 5:13

¹⁹Thi denne Verdens Visdom er Dårskab for Gud; thi der er skrevet: "Han er den, som griber de vise i deres Træskhed;"

²⁰And again, “The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless.” Psalm 94:11

²⁰og atter:"Herren kender de vises Tanker, at de ere forfængelige."

²¹Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,

²¹Derfor rose ingen sig af Mennesker! Alle Ting ere jo eders,

²²whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,

²²være sig Paulus eller Apollos eller Kefas eller Verden eller Liv eller Død eller det nærværende eller det tilkommende: alle Ting ere eders;

²³and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

²³men I ere Kristi, og Kristus er Guds.