1 But I, my friends, could not speak to you as people with spiritual insight, but only as worldly-minded – mere infants in the faith of Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not with solid food, for you were not then able to take it.
10 In fulfilment of the charge which God had entrusted to me, I laid the foundation like a skilful master; but someone else is now building on it. Let everyone take care how they build; 11 for no one can lay any other foundation than the one already laid – Jesus Christ. 12 Whatever is used by those who build on this foundation, whether gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw, 13 the quality of each man’s work will become known, for the day will make it plain; because that day is to be ushered in with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of every man’s work. 14 If anyone’s work, which they have built on that foundation, still remains, they will gain a reward. 15 If anyone’s work is burnt up, they will suffer loss; though they themselves will escape, but only as one who has passed through fire.
16 Don’t you know that you are God’s Temple, and that God’s Spirit has his home in you? 17 If any one destroys the Temple of God, God will destroy them; for the Temple of God is sacred, and so also are you.