⁷ So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. ⁸ The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.^{(A) 9} For we are co-workers in God’s service;^(B) you are God’s field,^(C) God’s building.^(D)

¹⁰ By the grace God has given me,^(E) I laid a foundation^(F) as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. ¹¹ For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.^{(G) 12} If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, ¹³ their work will be shown for what it is,^(H) because the Day^(I) will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.^{(J) 14} If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.^{(K) 15} If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.^(L)

¹⁶ Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple^(M) and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?^{(N) 17} If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.