1 Corinthians 3:1,18,21

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1 Corinthians 3:1-4 The Message (MSG)

But for right now, friends, I’m completely frustrated by your unspiritual dealings with each other and with God. You’re acting like infants in relation to Christ, capable of nothing much more than nursing at the breast. Well, then, I’ll nurse you since you don’t seem capable of anything more. As long as you grab for what makes you feel good or makes you look important, are you really much different than a babe at the breast, content only when everything’s going your way? When one of you says, “I’m on Paul’s side,” and another says, “I’m for Apollos,” aren’t you being totally childish?

1 Corinthians 3:18-20 The Message (MSG)

Don’t fool yourself. Don’t think that you can be wise merely by being relevant. Be God’s fool—that’s the path to true wisdom. What the world calls smart, God calls stupid. It’s written in Scripture, He exposes the hype of the hipsters. The Master sees through the smoke screens of the know-it-alls.

1 Corinthians 3:21-23 The Message (MSG)

I don’t want to hear any of you bragging about yourself or anyone else. Everything is already yours as a gift—Paul, Apollos, Peter, the world, life, death, the present, the future—all of it is yours, and you are privileged to be in union with Christ, who is in union with God. * * *

1 Corinthians 3:1 King James Version (KJV)

And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:18 King James Version (KJV)

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.

1 Corinthians 3:21 King James Version (KJV)

Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's

1 Corinthians 3:1 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:18 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.

1 Corinthians 3:21 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you

1 Corinthians 3:1 New Century Version (NCV)

Brothers and sisters, in the past I could not talk to you as I talk to spiritual people. I had to talk to you as I would to people without the Spirit—babies in Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:18 New Century Version (NCV)

Do not fool yourselves. If you think you are wise in this world, you should become a fool so that you can become truly wise

1 Corinthians 3:21 New Century Version (NCV)

So you should not brag about human leaders. All things belong to you

1 Corinthians 3:1 American Standard Version (ASV)

And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:18 American Standard Version (ASV)

Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

1 Corinthians 3:21 American Standard Version (ASV)

Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours

1 Corinthians 3:1 New International Version (NIV)

Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:18 New International Version (NIV)

Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise.

1 Corinthians 3:21 New International Version (NIV)

So then, no more boasting about human leaders! All things are yours

1 Corinthians 3:1 New King James Version (NKJV)

And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ.

I Corinthians 3:18 New King James Version (NKJV)

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.

I Corinthians 3:21 New King James Version (NKJV)

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

1 Corinthians 3:1 Amplified Bible (AMP)

However, brothers and sisters, I could not talk to you as to spiritual people, but [only] as to worldly people [dominated by human nature], mere infants [in the new life] in Christ!

1 Corinthians 3:18 Amplified Bible (AMP)

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool [discarding his worldly pretensions and acknowledging his lack of wisdom], so that he may become [truly] wise. [Is 5:21]

1 Corinthians 3:21 Amplified Bible (AMP)

So let no one boast in men [about their wisdom, or of having this or that one as a leader]. For all things are yours

1 Corinthians 3:1 New Living Translation (NLT)

Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I couldn’t talk to you as I would to spiritual people. I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:18 New Living Translation (NLT)

Stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you are wise by this world’s standards, you need to become a fool to be truly wise.

1 Corinthians 3:21 New Living Translation (NLT)

So don’t boast about following a particular human leader. For everything belongs to you

1 Corinthians 3:1 The Passion Translation (TPT)

Brothers and sisters, when I was with you I found it impossible to speak to you as those who are spiritually mature people, for you are still dominated by the mind-set of the flesh. And because you are immature infants in Christ

1 Corinthians 3:18 The Passion Translation (TPT)

So why fool yourself and live under an illusion? Make no mistake about it, if anyone thinks he is wise by the world’s standards, he will be made wiser by being a fool for God!

1 Corinthians 3:21 The Passion Translation (TPT)

So don’t be proud of your allegiance to any human leader. For actually, you already have everything! It has all been given for your benefit

1 Corinthians 3:1 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:18 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

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

1 Corinthians 3:21 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours