Lesson 4774

 (Lesson 4774) (03-01-25) 1st Corinthians 3:1-9 

   “And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.” 

 

   In today’s quote, Paul rebuked the Corinthian believers for their spiritual immaturity, calling them "babes in Christ" because they were still driven by envy, strife, and divisions. He explained that their quarrels over leaders such as Paul and Apollos showed they were acting worldly. Paul clarified that he and Apollos were merely servants through whom they had believed, each of them playing a role in God’s work—Paul planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. He emphasized that neither the one who plants nor the one who waters amount to anything, but rather, it is God who brings the increase. ~