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1 Corinthians 3:16

Verse 16 of 23. The 3rd of 16 chapters in 1 Corinthians, in The Letters of Paul.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.